Patterns in Leadership and Management Research: A Bibliometric Review

Introduction: the direction and management of an institution represents one of the most dynamic functions that any individual can perform. Its purpose, in the case of the manager of the entity or institution, is to mesh each of the departments, personnel involved and/or resources in order to fulfill the social function it performs. Objective: characterize the scientific production related to Leadership and Management in the medical sciences Method: an observational, descriptive, bibliometric and quantitative research was developed. A total of 35,286 articles published in the SCOPUS database were analyzed. Bibliometric indicators were analyzed. Descriptive statistics were applied. Results: articles published in Q2 predominated with 12,381 works for 35.08%. The United States and the United Kingdom stood out with the highest number of articles published with 14,556 (41.25%) and 3,184 (9.02%) works respectively. Articles with national collaboration stood out (13,540; 38.4%). The largest number of articles were located in thematic areas related to medical sciences: medicine, nursing and health in general. Conclusions: scientific production on leadership and management in health sciences has shown increasing growth and interest among researchers. It has been positioned in important scientific journals in correlation with the main research and scientific production centers. In turn, the contributions made between the authors focus on the different areas of knowledge of medical sciences in matters of management and organization.