Introduction and Aim: The publication performance is an objective indicator for individuals and institutions as well as science policy and healthy implementation of the country. We aimed to reveal the quality of the publications and citations of current urologists in Turkey. Material and Methods: The publication and citation status of one thousand and two hundred urologists between the years 2016-2020 were included in the study. Socio-demographic characteristics of urologists like age, title, type of city, geographical region of the city, and type of hospital they work in and the number of publications, citations, indexed journal publication, and the first author publication status were examined. Institution of Social Insurance database was used for sociodemographic characteristics of urologist; while PubMed and Google Scholar were used for information of publications. Results: The median age of urologists was 44 (30-76) years. The median number of publications, index journal publication, the first author publication, and citations in the relevant years were 1 (0-68), 1 (0-66), 0 (0-24), and 1 (0-1025) for years specified, respectively. The publication status was significantly higher in the groups of the age range between 30 and 40 years, associate professors (OR 44.61 and 35.97, respectively) (p<0.001). Conclusion: Publications produced in the field of urology in our country are still not of sufficient quality. Urologists between the ages of 30-40 years old, associate professors, and working in tertiary care hospitals published more articles and received more citations to these publications.

Purpose and Introduction: Social media users are gradually increasing and spending their time to gather much useful information for themselves. Here, we analyzed the quality of Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate (Holep) surgery videos on YouTube. Methods: The most viewed 98 videos were included in this study by the search for ‘Holep’ keyword on YouTube. The Journal of American Medical Association Benchmark Score (JAMAS) and Global Quality Score (GQS) were used to analyze the videos after performing validated Holep Scoring System Score (HSSS) by three surgeons to evaluate the technical quality of videos. Results: The videos included surgical technique (76.5%) and uploaded by urologists (63.3%) constituted the majority of videos. The median of JAMAS, GQS, and HSSS were 1 (0-3), 2 (0-4), and 1.5 (0-11), respectively. The mean GQS and JAMAS of videos uploaded by academic centers was higher than those uploaded by commercials and urologists (p=0,01; p=0.01, respectively). The mean HSSS was lower in the videos uploaded in the last five years while JAMAS was higher (p=0.03; 0.005, respectively). The mean GQS and HSSS of videos with higher likes were found statistically significantly higher (p=0.01; p=0.02, respectively). Conclusion: Holep videos on YouTube are not enough worth to get proper information about the surgery. Videos uploaded by academic centers and in recent years provide relatively more valid information for patients and urologists. To increase the worth of information, online materials need to be checked for patients to access accurate, reliable, and appropriate healthcare information.