O-062 Sex estimation in anthropology: a bibliometric analysis.

Objective: Multidisciplinary studies are carried out using morphological and morphometric Methods about sex determination. Retrospective evaluation of scientific productivity is a guideline for the development of future studies in the planning and quality aspects. The aim of this study is to evaluate the publications related to sex determination in the extended scientific citation index (SCI-E). Methods: Using "sex determination", "sex estimation" and "anthropology" keywords, all scientific publications in the extended scientific citation index in the English language between 1991-2019 were analyzed using the Web of Science database Results: 516 publications were examined. According to the Web of Science categories, 375 (72.6%) were forensic medicine, 67 (12.9%) anthropology, 29 (5.6%) evolutionary biology, 25 (4.8%) pathology, 15 (2.9%) of them are within the scope of anatomy morphology. Most of the studies have been published in journals related to forensic medicine and forensic sciences. 126 of the publications were sent from the USA, 51 from India, and 37 from Spain. And also 22 studies were sent from Turkey. The authors from Turkey were from department of forensic medicine, anatomy, radiology, orthopedics, physiology, biostatistics. Conclusion: Sex determination by morphological and morphometric Methods have been observed to increase gradually over the years. In this regard, it is thought that it will be important to increase the quantity and quality of multidisciplinary studies including anatomists in our country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]