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Research performance of Turkish astronomers in the period of 1980–2010

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We investigated the development of astronomy and astrophysics research productivity in Turkey in terms of publication output and their impacts as reflected in the science citation index for the period 1980–2010. Our study involves 838 refereed publications, including 801 articles, 16 letters, 15 reviews, and six research notes. The number of papers were prominently increased after 2000 and the average number of papers per researcher is calculated as 0.89. Total number of received citations for 838 papers is 6938, while number of citations per papers is approximately 8.3 in 30 years. Publication performance of Turkish astronomers and astrophysicists was compared with those of seven countries that have similar gross domestic expenditures on research and development, and members of organization for economic co-operation and development. Our study reveals that the output of astronomy and astrophysics research in Turkey has gradually increased over the years.

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  1. http://apps.webofknowledge.com.

  2. http://www.arxiv.org.

  3. The subject classification of the arXiv database was adopted since it is an open access resource and used heavily by researchers. This classification scheme was used commonly in the literature (e.g. Cho 2008).

  4. http://www.oecd.org.

  5. http://www.tug.tubitak.gov.tr/.

  6. http://dag-tr.org/.

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We thank the anonymous reviewer and Helmut A. Abt for insightful suggestions that have contributed to the improvement of the paper. We thank Cafer \({\dot{\hbox{I}}}\)banoğlu, Halil Kı rbı yı k, Osman Demircan, Zeki Eker for providing useful comments. This research has made use of Thompson Routers Web of Science.

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  1. Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, 34119, Istanbul, Turkey

    Selçuk Bilir, Özgecan Önal, Nazlı Derya Öztürkmen & Talar Yontan

  2. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancι University, Orhanlı-Tuzla, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey

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Bilir, S., Göğüş, E., Önal, Ö. et al. Research performance of Turkish astronomers in the period of 1980–2010. Scientometrics 97, 477–489 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0922-3

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