Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain?
Purpose: To assess the assumption that differences exist between the traditional and publication-based PhD routes in terms of the thesis’ length and the scientific publications originating from it. Method: A retrospective comparative study on medical PhD theses offered by an online repository was pe...
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| author | Andrada Elena Urda-Cîmpean Sorana D. Bolboacă Andrei Achimaş-Cadariu Tudor Cătălin Drugan |
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| description | Purpose: To assess the assumption that differences exist between the traditional and publication-based PhD routes in terms of the thesis’ length and the scientific publications originating from it. Method: A retrospective comparative study on medical PhD theses offered by an online repository was performed. All free full-text medical PhD theses defended at United Kingdom institutions between 2003 and 2015 were analyzed and assigned to the traditional (TT) or publication based thesis (PBT) group. Several characteristics of theses and thesis-related articles were collected and analyzed. The thesis-related articles were investigated regarding quantity and visibility (citations, impact factor, and journal rank). Results: The theses length proved similar in PBT and TT group. PBT group included significantly more studies than TT group (mean 4.44 vs. 2.67) also reflected in significantly more thesis-related articles. The percentage of articles listed in Web of Science and published in a journal with impact factor proved significantly lower in TT compared with PBT group. On the contrary, article citations were significantly higher for TT. Both groups published similarly in high-ranked journals (Q1 or Q2). Conclusion: The research productivity originating from the PBT group was, as expected, significantly larger but not significantly more visible than those from TT group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e27aa247d2944799885d52db1f1d1592022-12-22T04:00:46ZengMDPI AGPublications2304-67752016-06-01421410.3390/publications4020014publications4020014Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain?Andrada Elena Urda-Cîmpean0Sorana D. Bolboacă1Andrei Achimaş-Cadariu2Tudor Cătălin Drugan3Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca 400012, RomaniaDepartment of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca 400012, RomaniaDepartment of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca 400012, RomaniaDepartment of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca 400012, RomaniaPurpose: To assess the assumption that differences exist between the traditional and publication-based PhD routes in terms of the thesis’ length and the scientific publications originating from it. Method: A retrospective comparative study on medical PhD theses offered by an online repository was performed. All free full-text medical PhD theses defended at United Kingdom institutions between 2003 and 2015 were analyzed and assigned to the traditional (TT) or publication based thesis (PBT) group. Several characteristics of theses and thesis-related articles were collected and analyzed. The thesis-related articles were investigated regarding quantity and visibility (citations, impact factor, and journal rank). Results: The theses length proved similar in PBT and TT group. PBT group included significantly more studies than TT group (mean 4.44 vs. 2.67) also reflected in significantly more thesis-related articles. The percentage of articles listed in Web of Science and published in a journal with impact factor proved significantly lower in TT compared with PBT group. On the contrary, article citations were significantly higher for TT. Both groups published similarly in high-ranked journals (Q1 or Q2). Conclusion: The research productivity originating from the PBT group was, as expected, significantly larger but not significantly more visible than those from TT group.http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/2/14knowledge productiondoctoral productivitypublication-based PhDtraditional PhDthesismedicine |
| spellingShingle | Andrada Elena Urda-Cîmpean Sorana D. Bolboacă Andrei Achimaş-Cadariu Tudor Cătălin Drugan Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain? Publications knowledge production doctoral productivity publication-based PhD traditional PhD thesis medicine |
| title | Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain? |
| title_full | Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain? |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain? |
| title_short | Knowledge Production in Two Types of Medical PhD Routes—What’s to Gain? |
| title_sort | knowledge production in two types of medical phd routes what s to gain |
| topic | knowledge production doctoral productivity publication-based PhD traditional PhD thesis medicine |
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