By:Tasli, L (Tasli, Levent)^{[ 1 ]} ; Kacar, N (Kacar, Nida)^{[ 1 ]} ; Aydemir, EH (Aydemir, Ertugrul H.)^{[ 2 ]}

Background Scientific productivity is closely related to gross income, population, and cultures of the countries. Every country, more or less, has a responsibility of contributing to science. Materials and methods The publications, citations received, and the h-index under the category of dermatology in 43 journals between the years of 19992003 and 20042008 according to the ISI JCR data of 2008 were examined individually for each OECD country. Results In the journals under the category of dermatology between the years of 1999 and 2008, there were 89,319 publications, 76,899 of which were published by OECD countries. USA ranks first with 27,109 publications and 196,002 citations; Germany, Japan, England, and France are the other countries among the top five, respectively. Regarding the number of publications, Turkey and Korea are among the top 10 by surpassing many Northern European countries. With regard to h-index and citations, Northern European countries and Canada rank among the top 10, while Japan, Spain, Turkey, and Korea rank behind. The number of publications showed a significant correlation with the number of citations, population, gross domestic product, and h-index. Conclusions Nearly half of all publications were performed by the European origin OECD countries, and one-third of all publications were performed by USA. Journals from Germany and France, which are published in their own language, receive fewer citations, but they contribute a lot to these countries with respect to the number of publications.

KeyWords Plus:GENERAL MEDICAL JOURNALS; CITATION; AUTHORS; IMPACT; OUTPUT; INDEX

Reprint Address: Tasli, L (reprint author)

Pamukkale Univ, Fak Hastanesi Dermatol, TR-2100 Denizli, Turkey.   Organization-Enhanced Name(s)     Pamukkale University

Addresses:

	[ 1 ] Pamukkale Univ, Fak Hastanesi Dermatol, TR-2100 Denizli, Turkey   Organization-Enhanced Name(s)     Pamukkale University
	[ 2 ] Istanbul Univ, Cerrahpasa Med Fac, Dept Dermatol, Istanbul, Turkey   Organization-Enhanced Name(s)     Istanbul University

E-mail Addresses:mltasli@yahoo.com

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Research Areas:Dermatology

Web of Science Categories:Dermatology

Document Type:Article

Language:English

Accession Number: WOS:000304253800005

PubMed ID: 22607283

ISSN: 0011-9059

IDS Number: 945DU

Cited References in Web of Science Core Collection: 21

Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 3