TÜRKDERM’de 1999-2007 yılları arasında yayınlanan yazılar ve atıflar: retrospektif değerlendirme

Background and Design: In this report, it has been aimed to investigate the citation rates of the online issues of the "Turkdem" which has been indexed in the Web of Science since 2008. It is aimed also to have a base to comparing with the results of the citations in the indexed years after 2008 in the future. Material and Method: It was searched the articles published in the "review, original article, case report, continious education, letter to editor, surgical prosedurs and what's your diagnosis" sections between 1999-2007 by Google scholar programme. The citations from Ulaknet national medical index, ISI and the other online peer-review journals were grouped according to years and article types. Results: Fourty-six % (n=165), 37% (n=131), 10% (n=35), 5% (n=17) and 1% (n=5) of the searched 356 articles were original articles, case reports, reviews, continous education and letters to editor, respectively. There were also three reports, two and one of which were what's your diagnosis and surgical procedures, respectively. Thirty seven, 30, 7, 5, and one of the cited 80 articles were in the sections of "original article, case report, continiuous education, review and letter to editor", respectively. The number of self made citations was 13 (13%). Although only five citations (5%) were determined in the journals with impact factors higher than 1.4 which have been indexed by the Web of Science, 44 citations (44%) were established in national dermatology journals. Conclusion: These results point out the low use rate of national references