BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE JOURNAL OF DENTAL FACULTY OF ATATURK UNIVERSITY

In this study, it has been examined the journal of dental faculty of ataturk university and bibliometric features of its articles. the research carried out covers 360 articles published between the years 2008-2013. articles were classified according to type of article. the number of authors, specially areas and the authors’ institions were noted. there were 129 scientific researches, 123 case reports, 111 reviews, 7 letters to the editor. most of the articles (n=121, %33,61) were written by two authors. the majority of authors (n=215, % 19,11) were prosthodontists. the highest percentage of authors (n=288, % 25,6) were working at dental faculty of ataturk university. period of the acceptance of articles were mostly (n=79, %21,94) 2-3 months. the journal of dental faculty of ataturk university was found to open for a variety of publication types. it was preferred by different universities.