Nayak Manjula, Sreedhar Dharmagadda, Prabhu S Smitha, Ligade Virendra S
Department of Pharmacy Management, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2022 Jan-Mar;15(1):77-81. doi: 10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_243_20.
Dermatology is the science of the skin. In India, dermatology came into picture in the twentieth century. Today's dermatology practiced in India is the modern approach developed and established in western countries based on western medical theory, knowledge, experience, and results from study. Growth of dermatology field in India has progressed since two to three decades. This paper assesses the contributions made by India in the dermatology field by analyzing the total number of publications in top dermatological journals.
SCImago Journal Rank indicator (2019) was used to search for top dermatology journals and publication metrics was recorded from respective journal websites. Simple statistics tools were used to determine the number of publications during this 20-year period.
From 1999 to 2019, there were 547 publications from India, in the top dermatologic journals. It was noted that, original research article contributes maximum number of documents (136). had a maximum number of publications with 174 when compared to other journals. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh' had a maximum number of publication (150).
The last 20 years have seen a massive increase in the field of dermatology. Today, dermatology is a well-developed field in India. From 1999 to 2019, there is an increase in the trend of publications along with the collaborative publications in the top dermatologic journals. This show the encouraging trend in terms of publications from India in past 20 years.
皮肤病学是研究皮肤的科学。在印度，皮肤病学于20世纪初崭露头角。如今在印度所践行的皮肤病学是基于西方医学理论、知识、经验及研究成果在西方国家发展并确立起来的现代方法。印度皮肤病学领域的发展在过去二三十年中取得了进步。本文通过分析顶级皮肤病学期刊上的出版物总数来评估印度在皮肤病学领域所做的贡献。
使用Scimago期刊排名指标（2019年）来搜索顶级皮肤病学期刊，并从各期刊网站记录出版指标。使用简单的统计工具来确定这20年期间的出版物数量。
1999年至2019年，印度在顶级皮肤病学期刊上发表了547篇论文。值得注意的是，原创研究文章贡献的文献数量最多（136篇）。与其他期刊相比，《[期刊名称未给出]》发表的文章数量最多，为174篇。昌迪加尔医学教育与研究研究生院发表的文章数量最多（150篇）。
在过去的20年里，皮肤病学领域取得了巨大的发展。如今，皮肤病学在印度是一个发展成熟的领域。从1999年到2019年，顶级皮肤病学期刊上的出版物数量以及合作出版物数量都呈上升趋势。这显示了过去20年印度在出版物方面令人鼓舞的趋势。
