BACKGROUND: The bibliometric analysis constitutes a statistic tool when determining the obsolecense and visibility of the publications. It is also the case when studying the invisible colleges. In this study, the consume of information through the references that occur in works about medical terminology gathered in the batabase IME (Indice Médico Español) will be analyzed. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An amount of 1507 references from the 116 index-linked works found in the database have been cited. All the works here considered are original articles, reviews, special articles, editorials and letters to the editor. RESULTS: The magazine that cites the most is Medicina Clínica, (Barcelona), with an overall of 625 cites (41,47%) in ints 48 works (41,38%), with a big difference with the following magazine in range.The type of documents that are more frequently cited are books and book chapters (763 cites, 51%), followed by the articles.The most cited magazine is also Medicina Clínica (Barcelona) with 158 cites (21,53%), and the half-life of the cited works is of ten years . CONCLUSIONS: The cites are normally referred to mainly Spanish books and articles. Medicina Clinica (Barcelona) leads the first position among the citing and cited magazines. It is also on the lead with the overall production on the same subject.