Objective.The aim of this study was to identify, from a quantitative perspective, differences between Cuban scientific research published in high
visible journals and the rest of the national scientific production, using as analytical tools the quartiles of visibility established by the Scimago Journal & Country Rank,compiled from Scopus database.
Method.As a case study, Cuban scientific output on Library and Information Sciences indexed by this database was selected. A battery of scientometric indicators was used to analyze levels of citation, collaboration and
leadership involved in articles published by journals belonging to each
of the visibility quartiles. Correlation between the studied indicators was
analyzed.
Results/Discussion.High dependence of the indicators based on citation
analysis was confirmed, as well as correlation between international collaboration and journal quartiles of visibility.
Conclusions.It is concluded that the national scientific output with the
greatest influence on the international scientific community in this domain is mainly published by journals belonging to the first quartile of
visibility. Likewise, it was identified that national scientific output on Library and Information Sciences depends on international collaboration
to reach high levels of visibility, and still is not capable of systematically
generate research with a significant impact on the international scientific
community.
Originality/Value.First bibliometric study of Cuban Library and Information Sciences using the impact of journals where research where published as main analytical category
