Assessment of the different citation systems in the scientific publication of nursing authors from Spanish-speaking countries.

Objective: To assess the distribution of citations of nursing authors in Spanish in Google Scholar as well as to compare the possible differences between this source and Web of Science and Scopus.

Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study based on the citation systems offered by Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus.

Results: Nursing researchers present a verified mean h-index of 7.