Bibliometric Analysis of Theses Made in Public Health and Registered in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education in Turkey

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Objective: In this research, it is aimed to make a bibliometric analysis of master’s, doctorate and medical specialization theses written in public health in Turkey and registered on the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education. Method: The research is of descriptive type. Within the research, all theses, including master’s, doctorate and medical specialization in public health, which were registered on the website of the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education until 31.12.2021, were reached. A data collection form consisting of 21 questions was used in the evaluation of the postgraduate theses. Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance and Chi-square test were performed to determine the relationships between variables. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result: 2399 theses were evaluated in the study. Of the theses included in the research, 45.6% were master’s thesis. The full text of 77.4% of the theses was available and, the gender of the thesis student was female in 66.1%. The most commonly used epidemiological method in theses was cross-sectional. The median number of pages of the theses is 108 (min: 27-max: 952). The university with the highest number of theses in Public Health was Istanbul University. When the topics of the theses were evaluated, the most chosen topic was occupational health (14.2%) and the least chosen topic was school health (0.7%). Conclusion: As a result of the research, it was determined that most of the theses were master’s theses and, the number of public health theses increased over the years.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• thesis
• bibliometric analysis
• public health
• Turkey

Türkiye’de Halk Sağlığı Alanında Yapılmış ve Yükseköğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Ulusal Tez Merkezi'nde Kaydı Bulunan Tezlerin Bibliyometrik Analizi

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Amaç: Bu araştırmada Türkiye’de halk sağlığı alanında yazılmış ve Yükseköğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Ulusal Tez Merkezi’nde kaydı bulunan yüksek lisans, doktora ve tıpta uzmanlık tezlerinin bibliyometrik analizinin yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Araştırma tanımlayıcı türdedir. Araştırma kapsamında Yükseköğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Ulusal Tez Merkezi internet adresinde 31.12.2021 tarihine dek yayımlanmış olan halk sağlığı alanındaki yüksek lisans, doktora ve tıpta uzmanlık dahil bütün tezlere ulaşılmıştır. Ulaşılan lisansüstü tezlerin değerlendirilmesinde 21 soruluk bir veri toplama formu kullanılmıştır. Değişkenler arası ilişkilerin belirlenmesi için Kruskal-Wallis varyans analizi ve Ki-kare testi kullanılmıştır. P<0,05, istatistiksel olarak anlamlı kabul edilmiştir. Bulgular: Araştırma kapsamında 2399 tez değerlendirildi. En fazla sayıda tez 2019 yılında yazılmıştı. Araştırma kapsamına alınan tezlerin %45,6’sı yüksek lisans teziydi. Tezlerin %77,4’ünün tam metni bulunmaktaydı ve %66,1’inde tez sahibinin cinsiyeti kadındı. Tezlerde en sık kullanılan epidemiyolojik yöntem kesitseldi. Tezlerin sayfa sayısı ortancası 108 (min: 27-maks: 952) idi. Halk Sağlığı alanında en çok tez yapılan üniversite İstanbul Üniversitesi idi. Hazırlanan tezlerin konuları değerlendirildiğinde en fazla seçilen konu iş sağlığı (%14,2) ve en az seçilen konu okul sağlığı (%0,7) idi. Sonuç: Araştırma sonucunda yapılan tezlerin çoğunluğunun yüksek lisans tezi olduğu ve halk sağlığı tez sayısının yıllar içerisinde arttığı belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• tez
• bibliyometrik analiz
• halk sağlığı
• Türkiye

Kaynakça

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