Contribution of Turkish Emergency Medicine to the international literature: evaluation of 15 years

BACKGROUND
The aim of this study was to present characteristics of internationally published articles originating from Turkish Emergency Medicine (EM) departments over the last 15 years.
METHODS
The PubMed database was searched for all articles published from 1995 to 2010 that originated from Turkish EM departments.
RESULTS
A total of 514 articles were included. Of all articles, 77% (n=396) were published in the last five years. Publications were detected to increase at a rate of 6.2 articles per year. 58.7% (n=302) of the articles were published in non-EM journals. Advances in Therapy in the non-EM group, with 27 articles, and the Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery in the EM group, with 48 articles, were the preferred journals. The most popular subjects were toxicology, at 26% (n=134), followed by trauma, at 16% (n=86). 7.7% (n=40) of all articles were animal studies and 6% (n=31) were randomized controlled trials.
CONCLUSION
Significant publication growth was detected related with the development of EM in Turkey. The preference for non-EM journals, toxicology as the most popular subject and the effect of university hospitals were the interesting results of this study. The low number of multicenter, randomized controlled trials and of published articles in high impact factor journals have led us to consider the importance of publication quality, which requires additional effort.

Türk acil týbbýnýn uluslararasý literatüre katkýsý: 15 yýlýn deðerlendirilmesi

AMAÇ
Türk acil týbbýnýn kurulduðu günden bugüne uluslararasý literatürde yayýnlanmýþ bilimsel çalýþmalarýnýn genel karakteristik özelliklerini ortaya koymaktýr.
GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM
PubMed veritabaný, Türkiye’deki acil servislerden gönderilen ve 1995-2010 tarihleri arasýnda yayýnlanan makaleleri tespit etmek amacýyla tarandý.
BULGULAR
Çalýþmaya dahil edilen 514 makalenin %77’sinin (n=396) son 5 yýlda yayýnlandýðý, artýþ oranýnýn yýlda 6,2 makale olduðu saptandý. Tüm makalelerin %58,7’lik (n=302) bir oraný acil týp kategorisi dýþýndaki dergilerde yayýnlanmýþtýr. Bu kategide en popüler dergi 27 makale ile Advances in Therapy olurken, acil týp kategorisinde ilk sýrayý 48 makale ile Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi almýþtýr. En sýk toksikoloji %26 (n=134) ve travma %16 (n=86) konularýnda makale gönderilmiþtir. Tüm makalelerin %7,7’sinin (n=40) hayvan çalýþmasý, %6’sýnýn (n=31) randomize kontrollü çalýþma olduðu saptanmýþtýr.
SONUÇ
Türk acil týbbýndaki geliþmelere paralel olarak uluslararasý bilimsel yayýn üretimi de her geçen yýl katlanarak artmaktadýr. Acil týp kategorisi dýþýndaki dergilerin daha çok tercih edilmesi, toksikoloji konulu yayýnlarýn çokluðu, üniversite hastanelerinin katkýsý dikkat çekicidir. Çok merkezli, randomize kontrollü ve etki faktörü yüksek dergilerde yayýnlanan çalýþmalarýn azlýðý yayýn sayýsý kadar yayýn kalitesi konusuna da önem verilmesi gerektiðini düþündürmektedir.