Introduction

The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding until the sixth month of life, but globally it is still not achieved in the majority of children. Therefore, it is necessary to design actions aimed at identifying the problems that still gravitate to these results; There are many myths around breastfeeding and they have nothing to do with reality; they also confuse or discourage mothers from initiating breastfeeding. These actions are not always supported by scientific research and the consequent publication of their results in an updated way.

Objetive
Carry out a bibliometric study on the myths and truths of breastfeeding in indexed databases during the period 2011-2021.

Methodology

A bibliometric study was carried out in the following databases: Cuiden, Scielo, Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Liliacs and Documed. The sample was made up of 194 published articles.

Results
In the period studied, 194 articles on breastfeeding, myths and truths were published.
The production of articles was not carried out in a homogeneous way in the ten years observed.
On the myths of breastfeeding, the greatest scientific evidence indicates that of feeding, followed by breast anatomy.

Keywords: breastfeeding, periodicals, indicators of scientific production, myths, truths, bibliometric indicators, bibliometrics.