Comparison of Characteristics and Performances of Emergency Medicine Journals Published in Turkey: Where Do We Stand?

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Aim: To our knowledge, the performances of emergency medicine (EM) journals have not been investigated in terms of contribution to the scientific literature.This study revealed the characteristics of EM journals and compare them in terms of their qualitative and quantitative features. Materials and Methods:We conducted hand-searching on the websites of 8 EM journals.We also categorized the articles published in these journals into subgroups in terms of relevance to trauma and disaster medicine, cardiovascular and cardiology emergencies, pulmonary emergencies, toxicology, Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), surgical emergencies, internal medicine/gastroenterological emergencies, medical treatment and marker studies, resuscitation and airway management, infectious diseases, sedation and analgesia, imaging, neurological emergencies, forensic medicine, epidemiological and statistical studies, hospital and emergency department management, intensive care and mechanical ventilation, prehospital care, experimental studies, elective surgery and surgical complications.The journals were also compared according to their contribution to the COVID-19 literature.Results: Among 8 journals, only Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg is indexed in SCI-E.The top 3 journals according to the number of published articles and citations were as follows: Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg (1792 articles, 7834 citations), EAJEM (784 articles, 822 citations), and TJEM (646 articles, 3146 citations).The mean citation per article was the highest in TJEM (n=4.87)followed by Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg (n=4.37) and EAJEM (n=1.05).Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg had the highest h-index (n=25).Conclusion: Academic development of EM is strongly linked to the performance of EM journals.The quality, amount and amount of grantsupported research should increase in EM.