title: Most cited articles in general surgery from Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The citation number of an article gives us information about its quality and contribution to science. In this article, we aimed to find the most frequently cited article in general surgery from Turkey, and evaluate how these articles in general surgery contributed to the world literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the science citation index expanded database to find the most frequently cited articles in general surgery from Turkey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 52 articles found, the most common subjects were as follows: hydatid cyst (21.1%), pilonidal disease (15.4%), laparoscopic operations (15.4%), breast diseases (11.5%), and inguinal hernia (7.7%). Two articles were cited in more than 100 articles. Furthermore, 48.8% of the articles were published from three major cities. Most articles were published between 2000 and 2004, and 65.4% of articles were case series.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most of the cited articles were about hydatid cyst and pilonidal disease, which are more common in the Turkish population compared with other countries. Evaluation of most cited articles is important to identify the fields in which Turkey contributes to the world literature.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of General Surgery, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mayir
authors.affiliation: Clinic of General Surgery, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bilecik
authors.affiliation: Clinic of General Surgery, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.affiliation: Clinic of General Surgery, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.affiliation: Clinic of General Surgery, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cemal Özben
authors.initials: CÖ
authors.lastname: Ensari
authors.affiliation: Clinic of General Surgery, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Tahir
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Oruç
keywords: General surgery; citation; medical article