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Introduction. For a long time, The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI, now Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, US) citation databases, available online through the Web of Science (WoS), had an unique position among bibliographic databases. The emergence of new citation databases, such as Scopus and Google Scholar (GS), call in question the dominance of WoS and the accuracy of bibliometric and citation studies exclusively based on WoS data. The aim of this study was to determine whether there were significant differences in the received citation counts for Serbian Dental Journal (SDJ) found in WoS and Scopus databases, or whether GS results differed significantly from those obtained by WoS and Scopus, and whether GS could be an adequate qualitative alternative for commercial databases in the impact assessment of this journal. Material and Methods. The data regarding SDJ citation was collected in September 2010 by searching WoS, Scopus and GS databases. For further analysis, all relevant data of both, cited and citing articles, were imported into Microsoft Access® database. Results. One hundred and fifty-eight cited papers from SDJ and 249 received citations were found in the three analyzed databases. 74% of cited articles were found in GS, 46% in Scopus and 44% in WoS. The greatest number of citations (189) was derived from GS, while only 15% of the citations, were found in all three databases. There was a significant difference in the percentage of unique citations found in the databases. 58% originated from GS, while Scopus and WoS gave 6% and 4% unique citations, respectively. The highest percentage of databases overlap was found between WoS and Scopus (70%), while the overlap between Scopus and GS was 18% only. In case of WoS and GS the overlap was 17%. Most of the SDJ citations came from original scientific articles. Conclusion. WoS, Scopus and GS produce quantitatively and qualitatively different citation counts for SDJ articles. None of the examined databases can provide a comprehensive picture and it is necessary to take into account all three available sources., Uvod. Dugo vremena citatne baze Instituta za naučne informacije u Filadelfiji (ISI; sada Thomson Scientific), dostupne i u elektronskom obliku preko servisa Web of Science (WoS), zauzimale su jedinstvenu poziciju među bibliografskim bazama. Nastanak novih baza i alata koji omogućuju pronalaženje citata, kao što su Scopus i Google Scholar (GS), dovodi u pitanje dominantnost baze WoS i preciznost bibliometrijskih studija zasnovanih isključivo na podacima preuzetim iz ovog izvora. Cilj ovoga rada je bio da se utvrdi da li postoje značajne razlike u broju dobijenih citata časopisa 'Stomatološki glasnik Srbije' (SGS) preko baza WoS i Scopus, odnosno da li se rezultati GS značajno razlikuju od onih dobijenih preko WoS i Scopus i da li GS može biti adekvatna kvalitativna zamena komercijalnim bazama podataka u proceni učinka ovoga časopisa. Materijal i metode rada. Pretraživanjem baza WoS, Scopus i GS prikupljeni su podaci o broju ostvarenih citata za SGS. Svi relevantni podaci, kako citiranih, tako i citirajućih radova, uneti su u Microsoft Access ® bazu podataka i zatim analizirani i upoređivani. Rezultati. U sve tri analizirane baze pronađeno je 158 citiranih radova SGS, kao i 249 primljenih citata. Od ukupnog broja citiranih radova, 74% je citirano na GS, 46% na Scopus, a 44% na WoS. Najveći broj citata (189) potiče iz GS, dok zajednički citati pronađeni u sve tri baze čine samo 15%. Značajna je razlika u procentu jedinstvenih citata među bazama, gde na GS 58% čine jedinstveni citati, a Scopus i WoS imaju 6%, odnosno 4%. Najveće poklapanje u broju i obeležjima pronađenih citata uočeno je između baza WoS i Scopus (70%), zatim između Scopus i GS (18%), pa WoS i GS (17%). Većinu ostvarenih citata SGS (82%) čine originalni naučni radovi. Zaključak. WoS, Scopus i GS daju i kvantitativno i kvalitativno različite podatke o citiranosti SGS. Za prikupljanje kompletnih podataka o citiranosti SGS nijedna od ispitanih baza ne može da pruži sveobuhvatnu sliku, te je neophodno u obzir uzeti sva tri raspoloživa izvora.

Introduction. Serbian Dental Journal (SDJ) is a major source of formal communication for dentists in this region. The purpose of this bibliometric study was to examine articles published in SDJ in period 2002-2009, in reference to journal productivity and nature of authorships, citation patterns, most frequently cited scientific journals and the role of self-citations. Material and Methods. Bibliographic data, as well as metadata for all articles were taken from the Serbian national citation index SCIndeks. Bibliometric analysis of source articles included the number and type of article, author characteristics and cited literature. For each citation the following data was recorded: author(s), article title, journal title, monographic title, publication type, publication year and language. Results. In this period 193 articles were published and most of them were original research articles. In this period a total of 314 national and international authors cooperated, responsible for 538 authorships. The mean number of authors per article was 2.8. Most cited items in terms of publication type were journal articles (83.5 %), while the most frequently cited journals were just those most relevant in the field of dentistry. Results also indicate that the age of the cited literature is below the norm for medical literature. Conclusion. Obtained numerical indicators do not differ significantly when compared to other scientific and professional journals. However, it can be concluded that it is necessary to increase journal productivity and self-citation rate, as well as citation of current literature, up to five years old. This analysis allows evaluating patterns of scientific communication among dentists in this region, as well as journal's current management strategies in order to define useful future directions for the inclusion into the international system of scientific information exchange., Uvod. Časopis Stomatološki glasnik Srbije (SGS) je glavni izvor formalne komunikacije stomatologa s ovih prostora. Cilj ovog rada je bio da se primenom bibliometrijskih pokazatelja provere osobenosti radova objavljenih u SGS, produktivnost časopisa, priroda autorstava, obrasci citiranja, najčešće citirani naučni časopisi i uloga autocitata u periodu 2002-2009. godine. Metode rada. Podaci o objavljenim radovima i metapodaci preuzeti su iz Srpskog citatnog indeksa (SCIndeks). Bibliometrijska analiza izvornih članaka uključila je broj i tip objavljenih radova, podatke o autorima i citiranu literaturu. Za svaki citat zabeleženi su sledeći podaci: autor(i), naslov rada, časopisa i monografske publikacije, tip dokumenta, godina objavljivanja i jezik. Rezultati. U posmatranom periodu u SGS su objavljena 193 članka, od kojih većinu čine originalni naučni radovi. Kooperiralo je ukupno 314 autora iz zemlje i inostranstva, odgovornih za 538 autorstava. Prosečan broj autora po radu bio je 2,8. Najčešće citirani tip literature su članci iz časopisa (83,5%), dok su najčešće citirani naučni časopisi upravo oni najcenjeniji na polju stomatologije uopšte. Podaci o starosti citirane literature ukazuju na citiranje koje je nešto ispod norme za medicinsku literaturu. Zaključak. Dobijeni podaci se ne razlikuju značajno od numeričkih pokazatelja za druge naučne i stručne časopise. Ipak se može zaključiti da je neophodno povećati produktivnost i autocitiranost časopisa, kao i korišćenje aktuelne literature stare do pet godina. Ova analiza omogućava valorizaciju naučne komunikacije stomatologa s ovih prostora, ali i evaluaciju aktuelne strategije vođenja ovoga časopisa, kako bi se definisale korisne smernice za uključivanje u međunarodni sistem razmene naučnih informacija.