Metaverse references an immersive three-dimensional digital space, conceptions about its specific nature and organization have changed over time, and more strongly emphasize the evolution from considering the metaverse as an extended version of a single virtual world to a wide network of an infinite number of interconnected worlds. The aim of this article is to describe the potential of the metaverse in health care. One potential feature of a doctor's office in the metaverse could be the use of virtual reality technology to create immersive, personalized treatment environments for patients. The doctor may also be able to use virtual reality tools to demonstrate treatment options or procedures, or to provide educational materials to the patient. There are several potential applications of the metaverse in medicine, including the use of virtual reality and other immersive technologies for patient care. Some examples of these applications include: Virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety disorders; Virtual reality-based cognitive behavioral therapy for depression; Virtual reality-based rehabilitation and physical therapy; Virtual reality pain management; and Virtual reality education and training. There are several potential benefits to delivering clinical care in the metaverse. Metaverse may allow for more efficient and convenient access to care, particularly for patients who live in remote or underserved areas. These platforms will contribute for more personalized and immersive treatment experiences, as virtual reality technology can be used to create tailored environments and experiences for patients. There may also be concerns around patient privacy and security, as well as the potential for cyber-attacks.

Social responsibility is a key element in meeting the needs of the context in which an organization operates. In the healthcare sector, attention to this concept has involved studying internal aspects, as well as the contribution to its implementation in the management of processes and practices of the organization's agents. In order to analyze the relationship between social responsibility and hospital culture, a mixed study was conducted in two phases. First, a focused ethnography was implemented, followed by a systematic review study. The results showed a poor conceptual development of the category, the importance of organizational ethics, the values in the regulation exerted by hospital culture on social responsibility, and the need for the dual nature of social responsibility in terms of its design as an instrument or strategy of the organization. It is concluded that achieving a better operationalization of social responsibility is necessary for its reproduction in the hospital culture, as such responsibility must be promoted as an individual practice based on a solid worldview, and from this achievement, consolidated as a set of identifiable actions. Thus, quality must be a crossing in the design and description of the dimensions and indicators of social responsibility and an organizational value.

<!-- [if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false ES-MX X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- [if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} <![endif]--> Introduction: science and scientifc production are spaces given to men for centuries, although in the 21st century, there are gaps in this sense. Aim: to describe from a gender perspective the scientifc production in the academic journals of Cuban medical universities, period 2017-2021. Method: a descriptive bibliometric study was carried out. The universe consisted of all the academic journals of Cuban medical universities in the period 2017-2021, they were reviewed between December 2022 and March 2023. The sampling was non-probabilistic and the sample was 19. Only regular numbers were considered. Results: women were 19 % of the magazine directors and 44% of the editorial board composition. 57.5% of the editorials were written by men. 2.6% of the articles dealt with the gender approach. 61,8 % of the authors were women and 38.2% were men. Women were 55.7% of the lead authors. In 32,3 % of the articles, women predominated as authors and 23.7% were written only by women; gender equality represented 14.1%. Conclusions: an empowerment of women in Cuba is evident as they are the majority within scientifc production in medical universities. However, this is not reflected in the direction of the magazines and the composition of their editorial committees, where men predominate, nor in publications with a gender focus, which is still insufcient.

This study analyzed the main tools and methodologies used in bibliometrics, scientometrics, informatics and altmetrics, through a descriptive analytical review of secondary sources published between 2019-2024. The research identified and evaluated the most used tools, including VOSviewer (75% usage in network analysis), CiteSpace (60% in trend identification), and Altmetric.com (80% in alternative metrics). The results revealed that fundamental mathematical models such as Lotka's law (70% application), Zipf's law (55%) and Bradford's law (50%) continue to be essential pillars for the quantitative analysis of scientific production. Altmetrics were found to be gaining significant relevance, with Plum Analytics used in 65% of applications to assess the social impact of research. The study concluded that the integration of traditional and emerging tools allows for a more complete and multidimensional evaluation of scientific activity, although there are limitations in the accessibility and complexity of implementation of some tools.

The editorial, we would like to share with you five habits that have made our research careers very important existential moments in both the personal and collective dimensions, because each of the people who have contributed here with these editorial also does so from an important place in the scientific ecosystem. In this order, the reader will find in this editorial, which will take a little more space than the one that was written, a set of habits that we invite you to read in the key of, a researcher has as a habit: “Use selection criteria of a scientific journal”, “Implement technological tools for the management of research profiles”, “Search for scientific literature in research”, “The document of memories or exegesis as a habit in research creation” and “Write collective texts”.

Introduction: the Nipah virus causes severe disease with high mortality rates in humans. Since its discovery, it has been studied for its pandemic potential and lethality. Objective: analyze the scientific production on the Nipah virus, to identify its trend at an international level. Method: a descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study of the scientific production related to the Nipah virus published in open access on the Web of Science Core Collection between 2000 and 2020 was carried out. The information search used the equation "Nipah NOT Hendra", and of each record Information regarding the year of publication, authors with their institutional affiliation, type of publication and title of the journal (for articles), country of origin of the authors was extracted. VOSviewer 1.6.17 was used to map the collaboration networks between authors and countries, as well as the co-citation network and the concurrency of keywords. Results: 443 documents were recovered, where 79.23% are articles and 99.79% were published in English. The most productive sources are: Journal of Virology and Emerging Infections Diseases. A total of 1.724 authors were identified, observing a trend towards an increase in scientific production on the Nipah virus in the period analyzed, which allows the construction of theoretical frameworks that support strategies on this virus. Conclusions: the analysis carried out responds to the WHO priority on monitoring this pathogen, classified as one of those with the greatest potential to generate pandemic outbreaks and high morbidity and mortality