Characterization of the scientific publication of professors of a nursing school cited in the gray literature

Abstract

At present, with the great computer and technological development of the 21st century, it has been increasingly possible that the literature considered "grey" is available to the scientific and academic community at a global level, rescuing its importance in the training of future professionals. The foregoing added to the analytical capacity that bibliometrics allows regarding the development of the disciplines, raises a reflection on the scope or diffusion that the scientific production of the universities has had, not only in the media of "formal publication" but also in that literature that also evidences a search for knowledge but that until now is being visualized massively. Objective: to characterize the research of professors of a nursing school of a private university in Medellin, Colombia, cited in the gray literature, to observe the scope and diffusion that their work has had in these media. Methods: descriptive bibliometric study, in which the citations in the gray literature were reviewed, of research, carried out by professors of a nursing faculty of a private university in Colombia within the years 2002-2018. Citations were searched in the Google Scholar database, and the variables were analyzed. Results: 75 citations were found in the gray literature, 76% of the citations are focused on South America, 61% were cited in nursing literature, and the primary type of study where the citations come from is quantitative descriptive, with 56%. Conclusions: the scientific articles produced by the teaching staff continue to be considered for the construction of knowledge of various disciplines, including Nursing.