Türkiye’de Yay n G ü: Web of Science ve ULAKB M Ulusal Veri Tabanlar nda ndekslenen Yay nlar üzerine bir nceleme = Publication Drain in Turkey: A Study on Publications Indexed in Web of Science and ULAKBIM National Databases

Beyin g ü kavram ndan esinlenerek yay n g ü kavram bu al mada ileri sürülmü tür. G veren ülkenin kay plar ve yay n g ünün nedenlerinin tart ld al mada, Web of Science (WoS) kapsam nda yer alan yabanc dergilere g eden Türkiye adresli yay n say s saptanm t r. Yerli ve yabanc dergilerde yay mlanan yay nlar k yaslamak i in Ulusal Akademik A ve Bilgi Merkezi (ULAKB M) ulusal veri tabanlar nda yer alan yay nlar da incelenmi tir. Ara t rmada yabanc dergilere g eden yay n say s n nsürekli art g sterdi i, 1990-2009 y llar nda ülkede üretilen toplam bilimsel makalelerin %62’sinin yabanc dergilerde yay mland saptanm t r. / In this paper the concept of publication drain is asserted by drawing inspiration from another conceptas brain drain. In addition to that, throughout the paper the losses caused by this migration and facts behind of this phenomenon are also evaluated. The number of articles which has Turkish origin and which are published in foreign journals indexed in Web of Science (WoS) are token as case. Moreover, in this study to compare the papers in both national and international journals the publications which are in the Turkish Academic Network and Information Centre (ULAKBIM) national databases are also examined. As a result of research it is revealed that there is an ongoing increase in the number of papers migrated to foreign journals and 62% of total scientific articles produced in Turkey were published in foreign journals.