Abstract
Introduction: Publons is the most prestigious and well-organized platform that allows to evaluate peer review metrics. It also provides publication and citation data as it is synchronized with the Web of Science. There are socio-cultural ties between Central Asian countries and Turkey, and these countries can take Turkey as a model for scientific development. Therefore, it will be useful for Central Asian countries to summarize Turkey's Publons activities. In this study, we used Publons database to list the top institutions, researchers and reviewers in Turkey. Methods: Publons database was used to export the data on October 10, 2021. The top 20 researchers were identified in terms of the number of verified reviews. Additionally, the top 20 institutions were determined in terms of the number of researchers, number of verified reviews and top reviewers. Results: On Publons, 57464 registered researchers from Turkey were found (ranked 7th) and 484 of these researchers had top reviewer status (ranked 16th). A total of 175644 verified reviews were detected from Turkey-based researchers (ranked 16th) and of which 45835 were performed in the last 12 months (ranked 14th). Based on the total number of researchers, four institutions from Turkey were in the top 100 in the world rankings (Hacettepe University, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, and Cukurova University). There were no institutions from Turkey among the top 100 in the lists created according to the number of verified reviews and top reviewers. Conclusion: Turkey has a considerable number of researchers registered with Publons. However, Turkey should follow a scientific route in terms of verified reviews. Turkey and Central Asian countries can create scientific collaborations and cooperative projects. Thus, Central Asian countries will benefit from Turkey's experiences.
Highlights
Publons is the most prestigious and well-organized platform that allows to evaluate peer review metrics
A total of 57464 registered researchers from Turkey were identified on Publons. 484 of these researchers had top reviewer status
Turkey has a considerable scientific potential with its population of more than 80 million, a significant part of which is composed of young people
Summary
Publons is the most prestigious and well-organized platform that allows to evaluate peer review metrics It provides publication and citation data as it is synchronized with the Web of Science. Despite its importance and centrality in scientific publishing, researchers frequently consider peer review as the thankless and unrequited activity [2] At this point, the Publons initiative stepped in and an increasing number of researchers began gaining a foothold in the scientific world due to their contributions to peer review [3]. Publons has come to the fore recently as a reliable and integrated database for several bibliometric data [2] It presents various data on researcher profiles, citation and peer review counts, and editorial credits. Publons lets to search and list researchers, institutions and countries with its user-friendly interface [6]
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