Baghele Om N, Malpani Pooja S, Mohkhedkar Abhijeet S
Professor, Department of Periodontology, SMBT Dental College and Hospital, Sangamner, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India, Tel: +91 9869151242 (M), +91 2425 225434 (L); e-mail:
Oral Health Dent Manag. 2014 Mar;13(1):137-45.
Personality of a scientific publication enhances after receiving citations which in turn reflect its recognition and impact on science. There are no reported citation analyses of publications in Indian context.
Analyze citations received by publications of Indian periodontists available with Pubmed database which were published till 1st March, 2012 and to select top-50-cited articles based on Pubmed citations till 15th May, 2012.
Studies were identified by running select search-phrases on Pubmed search. Search inputs included, 'dental', 'oral', etc. A parallel search with above phrases including 'India' was also done for India-specific publications. All publications with available abstracts were analyzed for selected parameters and their citability. The citable articles were then individually searched for citations using various databases, and citations were analyzed.
The total number of articles published was 764 out of that citable articles were 585. The total number of Pubmed citations was 1033 for 248 cited articles. The citations received to articles in International journals (2.72 citations/article) were significantly more than National journals (0.67 citations/article). Out of top 50 most cited articles, 38 (76%) were published in journals with impact factors.
Although articles without citations outnumbered articles with citations, the articles published by Indian periodontists in international journals were moderately acknowledged by non-Indian authors. The articles published in national journals, to the most part were barely noticed. The articles published in journals with impact factors tend to receive maximum citations and these articles have high probability to top the list of most cited articles.
Developing nations are also progressing in right directions and are catching up with developed nations, albeit to smaller scales. There is a need to publish more and more cutting edge research manuscripts in national and international reputed journals.
科学出版物在获得引用后其影响力会增强,而引用反过来又反映了该出版物在科学界的认可度和影响力。目前尚无关于印度背景下出版物引用分析的报道。
分析截至2012年3月1日在Pubmed数据库中可获取的印度牙周病学家发表的出版物所获得的引用情况,并根据截至2012年5月15日的Pubmed引用情况选出被引用次数排名前50的文章。
通过在Pubmed搜索中运行选定的搜索短语来识别研究。搜索输入包括“牙科”“口腔”等。还对包含“印度”的上述短语进行了平行搜索,以查找特定于印度的出版物。对所有有可用摘要的出版物进行选定参数及其可引用性的分析。然后使用各种数据库分别搜索可引用文章的引用情况,并对引用进行分析。
发表的文章总数为764篇,其中可引用文章为585篇。248篇被引用文章的Pubmed引用总数为1033次。国际期刊上的文章获得的引用(每篇文章2.72次引用)明显多于国内期刊(每篇文章0.67次引用)。在被引用次数最多的前50篇文章中,38篇(76%)发表在具有影响因子的期刊上。
尽管没有被引用的文章数量超过有被引用文章的数量,但印度牙周病学家在国际期刊上发表的文章得到了非印度作者的适度认可。在国内期刊上发表的文章大多几乎未被关注。发表在具有影响因子的期刊上的文章往往获得最多的引用,并且这些文章很有可能在被引用次数最多的文章列表中名列前茅。
发展中国家也在朝着正确的方向前进,并且正在追赶发达国家,尽管规模较小。有必要在国内和国际知名期刊上发表越来越多的前沿研究手稿。