The disciplinary contribution ot the Revista de Enfermería del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Abstract

The Revista de Enfermería del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social is a reviewed scientific journal that is published quarterly in print and digitally. It is registered in various indices and bibliographic repositories such as Artemis, Lilacs, Cuiden, Latindex, and Ulrichs.

Scientific communication has as its main objective the "registration, evaluation, dissemination, and accumulation of knowledge, facts, and human perceptions". In terms of social responsibility, its function is to promote and develop research, and to reveal and communicate it for general use and benefit, so as to produce an impact on the general public, the scientific community, and one trade in particular. Knowledge generation involves not only divulging and spreading it; it must also generate an impact, otherwise it's as if it was never published.