Bibliometric analysis of the Journal of Joint Diseases and Related Surgery: Part 1: the period before the SCI-E

• Main Author: Ahmet Aslan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University 2019-10-01
• Series: Acta Medica Alanya
• Subjects: bibliyometrik analiz; eklem hastalıkları ve cerrahisi; atıf; etki değeri; bibliometric analysis; joint diseases and related surgery; cited; impact factor
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/medalanya/issue/49795/617683?publisher=alku

Aim: Bibliometric analysis; It is important for the self evaluation of scientific journals and the determination of editorial policies to increase the impact factor. In this study, the factors affecting the identification and citation of bibliometric data of the Journal of Joint Diseases and Related Surgery (Join Dis Rel Surg) were investigated.Material and Methods: In this retrospective bibliometric study, all Join Dis Rel Surg articles were reviewed for 30 years from the first issue. In this first part of the study, the period before SCI-E was investigated. Author, institution, variety and subject characteristics of the articles were evaluated. Factors affecting to cited were ana-lyzed. Chi-square was used for categorical data, Anova test was used for numerical data and t test was used for posthoc comparison.Results: Of the 688 articles reviewed, 134 (19.5%) received at least one citation. In this study, the most important factor affecting citation, the full text of the articles was available online (p <0.01). In addition, the language of the article was found to be significant (p = 0.026). The average number of authors per article was 3.8 and the number of citations was 0.7. Most of the articles were sent from universities.Conclusion: A scientific journal had to make some progress in the development pro-cess. The fact that the full texts of the articles published in the journal are accessible on the web is an important factor in receiving citations. In addition, it was evaluated that original research and review articles could receive more citations. However, a well-selected case report may also be cited. Finally, international and English articles may be advantageous in terms of international citations.