title: Technology and Information Tool Preferences of Academics in the Field of Anaesthesiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Researchers use a large number of information technology tools from the beginning until the publication of a scientific study. The aim of the study is to investigate the technology and data processing tool usage preferences of academics who produce scientific publications in the field of anaesthesiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multiple-choice survey, including 18 questions regarding the use of technology to assess the preferences of academicians, was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PubMed has been the most preferred article search portal, and the second is Google Academic. Medscape has become the most preferred medical innovation tracking website. Only 12% of academicians obtain a clinical trial registration number for their randomized clinical research. In total, 28% of respondents used the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials checklist in their clinical trials. Of all participants, 21% was using Dropbox and 9% was using Google-Drive for sharing files. Google Chrome was the most preferred internet browser (32.25%) for academic purposes. English language editing service was obtained from the Scribendi (21%) and Textcheck (12%) websites. Half of the academics were getting help from their specialist with a personal relationship, 27% was doing it themselves, and 24% was obtaining professional assistance for statistical requirements. Sixty percent of the participants were not using a reference editing program, and 21% was using EndNote. Nine percent of the academics were spending money for article writing, and the mean cost was 1287 Turkish Liras/year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Academics in the field of anaesthesiology significantly benefit from technology and informatics tools to produce scientific publications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Akcan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilgi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adem Deniz
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit Yaşar
authors.initials: ÜY
authors.lastname: Tekelioğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kadir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koçoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tekçe
keywords: Anaesthesiology; biomedical information tools; scientific publication