The key is in the words

Main Article Content

Alejandro Moctezuma-Paz
<p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coordinaci&oacute;n de Investigaci&oacute;n en Salud, Divisi&oacute;n de Investigaci&oacute;n Cl&iacute;nica. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico</p>

Iván Álvarez
<p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coordinaci&oacute;n de Investigaci&oacute;n en Salud, Divisi&oacute;n de Investigaci&oacute;n Cl&iacute;nica. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico</p>

Omar Vivas-Medrano
<p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coordinaci&oacute;n de Investigaci&oacute;n en Salud, Divisi&oacute;n de Investigaci&oacute;n Cl&iacute;nica. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico</p>

Cecilia Cruz-Sandoval
<p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coordinaci&oacute;n de Educaci&oacute;n en Salud, Divisi&oacute;n de Desarrollo del Proceso Educativo en Salud, Centro Nacional de Investigaci&oacute;n Documental en Salud. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico</p>

Omar Chávez-Martínez
<p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coordinaci&oacute;n de Educaci&oacute;n en Salud, Divisi&oacute;n de Desarrollo del Proceso Educativo en Salud, Centro Nacional de Investigaci&oacute;n Documental en Salud. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico</p>

Keywords

Subject Headings, Medical Subject Headings, Vocabulary Controlled

Abstract

What is the role of keywords in a scholarly article? What are they for? Are keywords and descriptors the same? In this editorial those and other questions related to the use of keywords are answered, in order for the authors of scholarly articles to choose them properly so that they can guide their potential readers and increase the visibility of their article, which can lead to its citation.


 

Abstract 148 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 76

Article Sidebar

PDF (Spanish)
Published
September 28, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/
Issue
Vol. 59 No. 4 (2021): July-August
Section
Editorial
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Authors retain their copyright and grant the Revista Médica del IMSS the right of first publication. Articles are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which allows sharing as long as the author and the original source are properly credited.

How to Cite

1.
Moctezuma-Paz A, Álvarez I, Vivas-Medrano O, Cruz-Sandoval C, Chávez-Martínez O. The key is in the words. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc [Internet]. 2021 Sep. 28 [cited 2025 Aug. 25];59(4):262-3. Available from: https://revistamedica.imss.gob.mx/index.php/revista_medica/article/view/4346