ReviewActa orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica2016
An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review on academic research productivity of postgraduate students in low- and middle-income countries.Health research policy and systems · 2018Pooled it
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- Academic outcomes of geriatric medicine theses in internal medicine residency: a 25-year nationwide review in Türkiye.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Publication Status of Radiation Oncology Specialization Theses in Türkiye: A Review of Two Decades.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2025Article
- Publication rate of abstracts presented in ConsEuro meetings held between 2003 and 2019: a bibliometric analysis.Restorative dentistry & endodontics · 2025Article
- Bibliometric spotlight on thoracic surgery specialization theses in Turkey.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2023Article
- Thesis Studies of Universities in Anaesthesiology and Reanimation between 1970 and 2016: Retrospective Evaluation of Work Areas, Publishing Rates and Evidence Levels.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2021Article
- Bibliometric analysis of orthopedic theses in Turkey.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2021Article
- The Bibliometric Analysis of the Studies Presented at the Turkish National Otorhinolaryngology Congresses in the Period 2009-2018.Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2020Article
- Scholarly impact of the dissertation requirement for postgraduate medical education and factors affecting transformation into publication: A bibliometric analysis of 2434 dissertations in the field of emergency medicine.Turkish journal of emergency medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to present characteristics and publication patterns of studies arise from orthopedic theses obtained from National Thesis Center; database in terms of publication years, study types, topics, level of evidence between 1974 and 2014.
methodsFirstly, National Thesis Center database was searched for orthopedics and Traumatology theses. The theses, which their summary or full text were available were included in the study. The topics, study types and quality of study designs were reviewed. Then theses were searched in the PubMed database. Journals of published theses were classified according to category, scope and impact factors of the year 2014.
results1508 theses were included into the study. Clinical studies comprised 71,7% of the theses, while 25,6% of the theses were non-clinical experimental and 2,7% of the theses were observational studies. Clinical studies were Level I in 8,6% (n = 93) and Level II in 5,8% of the theses (n = 63). A total of 224 theses (14,9%) were published in the journals indexed in PubMed database from 1974 to 2012. Fifty-two (23,2%) were published in SCI; 136 theses (60,7%) were published in SCI-E journals and 36 theses (16%) were published in other Journals indexed in PubMed.
conclusionThe quantity and quality of published theses need to be improved and effective measures should be taken to promote quality of theses. Theses from universities and Training hospitals which did not allow open access, and; incomplete records of the National Thesis Center database were major limitations of this study.
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