Introduction. Research in health is recognized as a substantial element of medical education, being this priority given the great progress in health. Objective. To determine the level of knowledge on analysis of the structure of scientific articles in students of the Degree in Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the Universidad del Valle de México, Campus Villahermosa. Methodology. An observational, descriptive, cross–sectional and prospective study was carried out in students of the Licentiate in Medicine in December of 2016.Results. 100 students aged 20 ± 2.94 years were interviewed; Where the major identified was the sample (60%) and the least were the parametric measurements (15%). . Conclusion. Most of the students failed to determine the basic areas of a scientific article.