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Publication potential in pediatrics in Turkey
1Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
Insights
Turkish pediatric publications show increasing potential and impact. Analysis of native journals and international indexes reveals a growing contribution to scientific medical literature in Turkey.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Medical Publishing
- Bibliometrics
Background:
- Turkey has two long-standing native pediatric journals: Turkish Journal of Pediatrics (Turk J Pediatr) and Cocuk Sağliği ve Hastaliklari Dergisi.
- Both journals are indexed in BIOSIS and Excerpta Medica, with Turk J Pediatr also in Index Medicus and Current Contents.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the publication potential and impact of pediatrics in Turkey.
- To analyze native pediatric journals and publication activities from medical faculties.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of publication data from native pediatric journals.
- Review of data from international indexes (BIOSIS, Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus, Current Contents).
- Examination of contributions from Turkish medical faculties and hospitals.
Main Results:
- Hacettepe University School of Medicine led in health sciences publications in 1994.
- Pediatrics constituted 32% of Hacettepe's international medical publications in 1994.
- 20% of Turkish articles in Current Contents (July-September 1993) were in pediatrics.
Conclusions:
- Pediatric publications in Turkey demonstrate increasing potential.
- Pediatrics has a significant impact on the country's scientific medical publication landscape.
Abstract:
In this article, the publication potential in pediatrics in Turkey was investigated. In this context, native pediatric journals, publication activities of medical faculties as the main source of scientific publication and certain data obtained from some of the international indexes' sources were analyzed. The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics (Turk J Pediatr) and Cocuk Sağliği ve Hastaliklari Dergisi are two native pediatric journals which have been published without interruption for 36 and 37 years, respectively. Both are indexed in BIOSIS (Bioscience information Service) and Excerpta Medica. In addition, Turk J Pediatr is indexed in Index Medicus and Current Contents, and is the only Turkish medical journal indexed in Index Medicus at present. Eighty percent of papers submitted to both journals are from medical faculties all over the country (60% of these from Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine), while 15% are from the teaching hospitals of the Ministry of Health and 5% from outside the country. In 1994, Hacettepe University School of Medicine was the leader with 244 (21%) of the 1165 articles published in the health sciences from 22 medical faculties in Turkey. In the same year, 32 percent of all International medical publications by Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine were in the field of pediatrics. In addition, of 353 papers by Turkish authors appearing in Current Contents during the three-month period July-September 1993, 70 (20%) were pediatric articles. All of these findings may indicate that publications in the field of pediatrics have increasing potential and an important impact on the scientific medical publication's platform in our country.