Do Case Reports Still Have a Place in Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology?

What Has Changed in the Last Decade in the Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology?

“…As the second most published study type in the TAO in 2015–2019, case reports had 0.73 citation per study. Although the historical origin of the case reports dates to the BC era ( 18 ), the contribution of the case reports to the development of science have become a matter of debate especially in the last 20 years ( 19 ). Concerns related to the low evidence levels and the citation potentials of case reports are likely to be the most important factor for the editors’ reluctance to publish a case report instead of more solid options, such as original investigations, reviews or meta-analyses, for improving the impact factor of a journal.…”

CARE (CAse REport) Guidelines: A Recipe for More Transparent Case Reports

“…The first examples of case reports probably date back to the BC era ( 2 ). Since then, case reports found themselves a permanent position in the medical literature for the purposes of informing about the findings of new diseases and modes of medical interventions, describing the adverse or beneficial outcomes of a procedure, and have also been used for teaching purposes ( 3 ). There are seminal examples of case reports in the medical literature that have antecedently addressed the beneficial or adverse effects of treatment protocols in specific clinical entities such as the relationship between phocomelia and thalidomide, or propranolol treatment for infantile hemangioma ( 4 , 5 ).…”