Tendencias de la investigación en medicina general: un análisis bibliométrico basado en el dominio de tres revistas

Keigo Takeuchi1, Kota Sakaguchi2, Rintaro Kaminishi1

  • 1Family Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, JPN.

Cureus
|January 5, 2026
PubMed

Para hacer avanzar el campo de la medicina general, es fundamental caracterizar su panorama de investigación. La medicina general se divide, según los entornos clínicos, en dominios como la medicina interna general, la medicina hospitalaria y la medicina familiar, pero sus características de investigación permanecen en gran medida inexploradas. Este estudio tiene como objetivo analizar los artículos publicados en tres revistas líderes de medicina general —Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM), Journal of Hospital Medicine (JHM) y Annals of Family Medicine (AFM)— para identificar el enfoque principal de investigación de cada dominio y describir las temáticas de los artículos. Llevamos a cabo un análisis bibliométrico transversal de los artículos originales publicados entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de diciembre de 2023. Los artículos se clasificaron en siete temas de investigación: "Investigación clínica", "Salud pública/Medicina preventiva/Epidemiología", "Investigación básica", "Educación médica", "Calidad y seguridad de la atención sanitaria", "Investigación de servicios de salud" y "Otros". Se incluyó un total de 717 artículos originales: 591 de JGIM, 68 de JHM y 58 de AFM. Los temas más frecuentes fueron "Salud pública, medicina preventiva y epidemiología" en JGIM (43,1 %) y "Calidad y seguridad de la atención sanitaria" en JHM (64,7 %). En AFM, los temas de investigación se distribuyeron entre "Salud pública, medicina preventiva y epidemiología" (29,3 %), "Calidad y seguridad de la atención sanitaria" (24,1 %) e "Investigación de servicios de salud" (20,7 %). Este estudio reveló que la medicina general, aunque es diversa, posee enfoques de investigación que difieren según la revista. Estos hallazgos proporcionan una base basada en la evidencia para la planificación estratégica de investigaciones futuras, la selección de temas y el desarrollo de sistemas de apoyo a la investigación específicos para cada dominio.

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