Evaluation of Turkish Medical Researchers' Affecting Factors for Journal Selection Decisions

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 22 - 28

Erkut Etçioğlu , Can Özlü , Emre Emre , Gökhan Tazegül

https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1536214

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting Turkish medical researchers' choice of journals for publication.
Materials and Methods: This study is an online cross-sectional survey study. The participants with at least one Pubmed/MEDLINE indexed published paper were recruited non-random from the Turkish Medical Network Telegram group. The questionnaire consisted of 18 questions and three sections; the first part included open-ended questions, the second part included questions about the factors affecting journal selection, and the third part included participants who were asked if they had paid for publication for any reason.
Results: The study included 353 Turkish medical researchers, with a median age of 38 and 50.9% female. Bibliometric scores, publication fees, and overall prestige/reputation were the most influential factors affecting journal selection. The availability of a suitable manuscript, turnaround times, international contributions, previous experiences with the journal, and ease of submission were also significant factors.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates that the participants consider the publication objectives, relevance, and important selection criteria before they make a clear decision.

Keywords

Citation index, impact factor, journal selection, Turkish medical researchers

Türk Tıp Araştırmacılarının Dergi Seçim Kararlarını Etkileyen Faktörlerin Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, Türk tıp araştırmacılarının makalelerini yayımlamak için dergi seçimini etkileyen faktörleri araştırmayı amaçlamıştır.
Materyal ve Metot: Bu çalışma, çevrimiçi kesitsel bir anket çalışmasıdır. En az bir PubMed/MEDLINE dizinli yayımlanmış makalesi bulunan katılımcılar, Türk Medikal Ağı Telegram grubundan rastgele olmayan yöntemle seçilmiştir. Anket, üç bölümden ve 18 sorudan oluşmuştur; birinci bölüm açık uçlu soruları, ikinci bölüm dergi seçiminde etkili olan faktörlere ilişkin soruları, üçüncü bölüm ise katılımcıların herhangi bir nedenle yayımlama ücreti ödeyip ödemediklerini içermektedir.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya medyan yaşı 38 olan ve %50.9'u kadın olan 353 Türk tıp araştırmacısı katılmıştır. Dergi seçiminde bibliyometrik skorlar, yayımlama ücretleri ve genel prestij/itibar en etkili faktörler arasında yer almıştır. Ayrıca, uygun bir makale bulunabilirliği, geri dönüş süreleri, uluslararası katkılar, dergiyle önceki deneyimler ve başvuru kolaylığı da önemli faktörler arasında yer almıştır.
Sonuç: Bu çalışma, katılımcıların dergi seçimi yapmadan önce yayımlama hedeflerini, konuya uygunluğunu ve önemli seçim kriterlerini dikkate aldıklarını ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Atıf indeksi, dergi seçimi, etki faktörü, Türk tıp araştırmacıları

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