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2010, Volume 26, Number 2, Page(s) 107-113
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DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2010.01006 |
Evaluation of Articles from Turkey Published in Pathology Journals Indexed in International Indexes |
Alp USUBÜTÜN1, Serdar BALCI1, Pınar AL2 |
1Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, ANKARA, TÜRKİYE
2Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi Beytepe Kütüphanesi, ANKARA, TÜRKİYE1Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, AnKARa, TURKEY
2Department of Beytepe Library, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, AnKARa, TURKEY |
Keywords:
Pathology journals, Scientific articles, Pathology articles, Bibliometrics, Publication, Turkey, Citation, Impact factor |
Objective: We aimed to evaluate manuscripts from Turkey published
in pathology journals indexed in the international databases.
Material and Method: Journals indexed in the “Web of Science” and
having a “pathology” topic in the “Journal Citation Report” were
searched and sorted according to impact factor from the “Science
Citation Index”. Publications were analyzed according to the journal,
year, type, impact factor and institutions.
Results: Sixty-six journals indexed in the SCI and 1399 publications
from Turkey were identified between 1975 and 2009. “Meeting
abstracts” made up 48.3% and “research articles-case reports” 41.1%
of these articles. Ten universities produced 52.09% of the publications.
The journals having frequently published articles from Turkey had
impact factors less than 1,5. Thirty-nine of 278 publications in the
10 journals of highest impact factor were original articles and 33 of
them had international co-authors. In 10 journals in which the most
number of articles were published, the impact factor per publication
and original article were 1,337 and 5,417 respectively.
Conclusion: Research and case reports constituted 41.1% of the
publications and are published mostly in journals with an impact
factor less than 1.0. Fifty-six percent of the meeting abstracts are from
the European Pathology Congress that was held in Istanbul in 2007.
International meetings held in Turkey have a clear boosting effect on
research. The number of citations per pathology articles published
from Turkey are lower than the world average and articles emanating
from other medical disciplines in Turkey. Research in the pathology
field is not adequate quantitatively and qualitatively. Attempts are
required to increase the quantity and quality of publications.
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