Вibliometric analysis of scientific publication in journal «Endokrynologia»

Abstract

The aim is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications in the journal «Endokrynologia». Material and methods. The object of the study were all the issues of the Journal for 1996-2020, and the subject of research were headings and scientific publications, as well as (selectively) scientific publications or
abstracts to them. Methods of research — selection, bibliographic description, grouping and systematic content analysis of scientific publications in the Journal. Content analysis, or a quantitative analysis of documents, consists in translating the mass textual information into quantitative indicators. Results. The Journal published 935 scientific works: original articles, reviews and lectures, short messages, etc. In recent years, the increase in the number of publications
is due to doubling the number of issues per year (4 instead of 2) and changing the format of Journal. The largest number of articles was published in 2012 (54 titles) and 2013 (50 titles) years. Most of the publications are original articles (65.4% of the total). The ratio between publications of original experimental and clinical studies is 1:3. The largest number of publications on clinical topics is devoted to diabetes mellitus (47.6% of the total) and thyroid pathology (25.5%); more than a third of them — directly to treatment methods. The ratio between publications on diagnosis and treatment exceeds 1:2. In general, the problem of diagnosis was directly noted in the titles of 13.0% publications, and the problem of treatment — in the titles of 30.3% publications. Also a large number of publications on experimental topics is devoted to the adrenal (24.1% of the total), thyroid (23.5%) and pancreas (21.8%) glands. One author is mentioned in 297 publications (31.8% of the total number), two — in 186 publications (19.9%), three — in 161 publications (17.2%), four — in 129 publications 13.8%) — 4, five — in 66 publications (7.0%) and six or more — in 96 publications (10.3%). The authors of 483 publications of Journal were researchers from 153 other institutions or organizations, 16 of which had more than 10 publications. The authors of 576 publications were the researchers of SI «V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine»; 38 scientists were authors of 10 or more publications. Conclusions. In recent years, the publication activity has remained stable.