2016 saw a fall-off in the number of articles published, but if we look at the qualitative data, we can see that the good results of previous years have been maintained, with more than 90% of articles published in impact journals and more than 60% in publications in the first quartile.

Below is the trend in the number of publications over the past five years.

Table 1.
Number of national and international publications in the past 5 years

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Bibliometric data

Total number of articles published in national and international journals: 882 (original articles, reviews and case notes, and short articles).

Percentage of articles published in journals with an impact factor: 92% (819/882)

Percentage of articles published in journals in the first quartile of their category according to JCR: 61% (504/819)