Publication Status of Speciality Theses on Hematology by Internal Diseases Departments

Abstract

Aim: This study planned to evaluate the publication status in scientific journals of medical specialty theses on hematology published by internal medicine departments of all medical faculties in our country. Materials and Methods: One hundred and eighty-six internal medicine speciality theses on hematology available in the Council of Higher Education National Thesis Center web database (https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/), which were entered in the system via the internal medicine departments of all medical faculties in our country and published between 2015 and 2017 were included in this study. These theses were examined regarding the year they were conducted, the gender of the author, the academic title of the thesis advisor, the publication status and the other characteristics of the thesis authors. Results: Fifty seven (30.6%) out of 186 internal medicine speciality theses on hematology that are included in our study were published in the scientific journals. Eighteen (31.6%) of these were published in a journal with Science Citation Index (SCI) / Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E), 21 (36.8%) in the other international indexes, 14 (24.6%) in Ulakbim TR index, 4 (7.0%) was published in the national peer-reviewed journals. Of the theses, 141 (75.8%) were retrospective studies and 45 (24.2%) were prospective studies. Thirty seven (26.2%) of retrospective studies and 20 (44.4%) of prospective studies were published. The publication rate of prospective studies was found to be higher than retrospective studies (p=0.021). Conclusion: In conclusion, it was revealed that the publication rate of the internal medicine speciality theses on hematology as articles that were written at the end of the internal medicine speciality training is higher than that of other clinical branches.