Aim: To describe publication characteristic and citation analysis of Bagcilar Medical Bulletin (BMB) since its first publication time to January 2020 using bibliometric methods.
Material and Methods: Researched articles published in the BMB between December 2016 and June 2020 have been analyzed. The journal database is evaluated according to study type (original research, review, case report, letter to the editor), related scientific subspecialty and the geographical origin. We also calculated the rates of citation by dividing the total number of citations received by all papers by the total number of papers.
Results: A total of 88 articles were included into the study. The articles about neurosurgery, anesthesia and pediatrics were in the top three (27.27%, 13.63% and 11.36%, respectively). Citation rate of the original article, case report and review is 15.7 %, 10.3 % and 0%, respectively. Most of the articles (81.81%) were published from Marmara Region in Turkey. Of the articles, 4 (4.5 %) were international papers submitted from 2 different countries. All international papers are preclinical subspecialties like pharmacology, microbiology and physiology.
Conclusion: Our study provides an opportunity to compare the citation numbers and characteristics before and after indexing of the journal in TUBITAK/ULAKBIM, in near future.
Key words: Bagcilar Medical Bulletin, Citation Analysis
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