An Analysis of Otology-Neurotology Articles from Turkey Published in Science Citation Indexed Otolaryngology Journals from 2012 through 2016

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Objective: The objective of this study was to review the articles on otology-neurotology submittedfrom Turkey and published in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) and Science Citation Index-Expanded(SCI-E) journals in the period from 2012 through2016 in terms of characteristics and quantity, and toanalyze the variances in these parameters over thedefined time period to profile the national scientificendeavor in the field.Methods: We searched the papers on otology-neurotology and related subjects that were submittedfrom Turkey and published in the period from 2012through 2016 in the relevant journals listed in SCIand SCI-E. We noted the impact factors and quartile rankings of the publishing journals, and reviewed,counted and classified the titles, subjects, types andcharacteristics of the articles that met our criteria.Results: A total of 546 papers from Turkey werepublished in 25 SCI and SCI-E listed journals (145and 401, respectively) in the defined period. The impact factors of these 25 journals ranged from 0.392to 2.951. Of these papers, 393 (71.97%) were experimental or observational clinical studies, case reports,or surveys; 137 (25.10%) were non-clinical, laboratoryor animal experiments; and the remaining 16 (2.93%)were reviews or letters to the editor.Conclusion: A substantial number of papers on otology-neurotology submitted from Turkey were published in many prestigious SCI-journals, however, wedid not find any significant increase in this number inthe given period. We also found concentration of articles in certain journals and inclination to a few subjects and would like to underline that the number ofbasic science and ecological-epidemiological studieswithin the confines of our review were relatively few.