[Bibliometric indicators in evaluation of research activity. 1. Publishing and evaluation of research].

Publishing of scientific results is the key phase in scientific work. Reviewing process is a common way of evaluation of published scientific papers, but bibliometric indexes (number of papers, number of citations, impact factor etc.) are used as an adjunct in the assessment of scientific performance in scientific and academic promotion. The article discusses the presence of Croatian medical journals and Croatian medical authors in international indexing, i.e. data bases.