PUBLICATION RATE OF SPECIALIZATION IN MEDICINE THESES IN MEDICAL ECOLOGY AND HYDROCLIMATOLOGY IN TURKEY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Abstract

Objective: To determine the conversion rate of specialization in medicine theses into full-text journal articles in medical ecology and hydroclimatology.

Material and Method: National Thesis Center was searched using “Medical Ecology and Climatology” as the subject and “Specialization in Medicine” as the thesis type. The Web of Science, TR Dizin, Dergi Park, Atıf Dizini, Pubmed, Google Scholar and Google databases were searched to identify the publications produced from theses.

Results: A total of 24 theses were identified. The years of the theses ranged from 1980 to 2017. The 3 theses (20.00%) among the 15 theses between 1980 and 2002, and 4 (44.44%) theses among the 9 theses between 2009 and 2017 resulted in publication. Hence, overall, 7 (29.17%) out of 24 theses resulted in publication as a full-text article in a peer-reviewed journal. In all publications, the thesis author was the first author. Six theses were published in the journals indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E). In these articles, the mean time to online publication was 3.00±1.83 years.

Conclusion: A quarter of the theses in medical ecology and hydroclimatology specialty were published in SCI-E journals; however, the rate has nearly reached to the half of the theses in the last decade.

Keywords

• Thesis,academic dissertations,education,medical residency,medical ecology and hydroclimatology,balneology

TÜRKİYE’DE TIBBİ EKOLOJİ VE HİDROKLİMATOLOJİ TIPTA UZMANLIK TEZLERİNİN YAYINLANMA ORANI: KESİTSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Amaç: Tıbbi ekoloji ve hidroklimatoloji tıpta uzmanlık tezlerinin tam metin dergi makalelerine dönüşüm oranını belirlemek.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Ulusal Tez Merkezi, tez konusu “Tıbbi Ekoloji ve Klimatoloji” ve tez türü “Tıpta Uzmanlık” kullanılarak arandı. Tezlerden üretilen yayınları tespit etmek için Web of Science, TR Dizin, Dergi Park, Atıf Dizini, Pubmed, Google Akademik ve Google veritabanları arandı.

Bulgular: Toplam 24 tez tespit edildi. Tezlerin yılı 1980 ile 2017 arasında değişmektedir. 1980-2002 yılları arasındaki 15 tezden 3 tez (%20,00) ve 2009-2017 yılları arasındaki 9 tezden 4 (%44,44) tez yayınlanmıştır. Dolayısıyla, toplamda, 24 tezin 7’si (%29,17), hakemli bir dergide tam metin makale olarak yayınlanmıştır. Tüm yayınlarda tez yazarı ilk yazardı. Altı tez Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) indeksli dergilerde yayınlanmıştır. Bu makalelerde, çevrimiçi yayına olan ortalama süre 3,00±1,83 yıldı.

Sonuç: Tıbbi ekoloji ve hidroklimatoloji uzmanlık tezlerinin dörtte biri SCI-E indeksli dergilerde yayınlanmıştır; ancak, bu oran son on yılda tezlerin neredeyse yarısına ulaşmıştır.

Keywords

• tez,akademik tezler,eğitim,asistanlık,tıbbi ekoloji ve hidroklimatoloj,balneoloji

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