BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES MEDICAL JOURNAL (PAFMJ)

The introduction of bibliometrics was first documented to Prichard in 1969. It can be defined as the systematic organization, arrangement, and quantitative assessment of journal patterns within both macro and micro-scale structures, including an analysis of authorship through the mathematical and statistical methods. The retrospective study was conducted at AFIC/NIHD, Rawalpindi, the data spanning from 2018 to 2022. Total number of research papers from 2018 to 2022 was 2475, including of 2332 original articles, 36 review articles and 107 case reports. The annual number of publications ranged from 343 to 633. The xaximum number of publications 633, (25.58 %) were in year 2021. Highest number of original articles 168, (7.20%) was published with issue no: 72(5) in year 2022. The yearly issue numbers for PAFMJ have gradually risen over the years. In this regard, the primary form of research paper published in the PAFMJ consists of original articles. The present study comprehensively analyzed publication pattern, citation patterns and national and international citation patterns on the issue number and yearly basis. In this connection, the PAFMJ revealed that the international citations are higher than the national citations.