Medical Publications of Turkey in 1991 Covered by Science Citation Index

Medical source items originating from Turkey's institutions which appeared in 1991 in journals covered by the Science Citation Index amounted to 398. This represented a share of 1.8 per mille in global medicine and constituted a rise by 15 % over the preceding year. Internal medicine, nuclear medicine, radiology and neurosurgery increased their share of publications in 1991 more than other fields. Cardiology fared average with 11 articles (with full text). A somewhat anticipated trend prevailed in the past decade: while the share of the 4 major medical faculties declined from 84 % to 53 %, this was outweighed by newer faculties as well as by institutions not affilated with universities.