Bibliometric analysis of the most cited one hundred anatomy articles in the 100th year of the Turkish Republic

Year 2024, Volume: 18 Issue: 1, 19 - 24, 29.04.2024

Hanife Ertürk , Kenan Öztürk , İhsan Hız , Yadigar Kastamoni

Abstract

Objectives: Bibliometric studies are the analysis of publications in the literature using statistical methods. In order to show the trending topics in the field of anatomy, the 100 most cited articles in the field of anatomy written by researchers from Turkey were analyzed using data obtained from Web of Science (WoS).
Methods: The data included in the study were collected by typing the word “anatomy” in the “all fields” category in the Web of Science database. Articles written by researchers from Turkey between 1980 and September 10, 2023 were included in the study. The data were transferred to the VOSviewer 1.6.19 program for detailed analysis and analyzes were performed.
Results: Of the 100 most cited articles, 33 were cadaveric studies, 25 were radiologic studies, 13 were clinical studies, 6 were animal experiments, 6 were morphometry studies, 4 were dry bone, 3 were fetal cadavers, 2 were editorial comments and 2 were anatomy education. Six articles were related to veterinary anatomy. Keyword analysis, author citatioya dan analysis, co-authorship analysis, country citation analysis, and institution citation analysis were also performed.
Conclusion: The bibliographic analysis of the 100 articles in our study will help anatomists to understand which topics they should study in their future anatomy studies.

Keywords

anatomy, attribution, bibliometric analysis, VOSviewer, Web of Science (WOS)

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