An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates
Background: The 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. Methods: Firstly, National The...
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| author | Kenan Koca Safak Ekinci Serkan Akpancar Muhammed Hanifi Gemci Ömer Erşen Faruk Akyıldız |
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| description | Background: The 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. Methods: Firstly, 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. Results: 1508 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. Conclusion: The 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. Keywords: Orthopaedics, Publication patterns, Theses, Level of evidence |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c85dc48913a24750bab9f38e19e5c2e82023-02-15T16:19:38ZengAVESActa Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica1017-995X2016-10-01505562566An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication ratesKenan Koca0Safak Ekinci1Serkan Akpancar2Muhammed Hanifi Gemci3Ömer Erşen4Faruk Akyıldız5Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyHaydarpasa Sultan Abdulhamid Training and Research Hospitali İstanbul, Turkey; Corresponding author.Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyGülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyGülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyGülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyBackground: The 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. Methods: Firstly, 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. Results: 1508 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. Conclusion: The 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. Keywords: Orthopaedics, Publication patterns, Theses, Level of evidencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X16301924 |
| spellingShingle | Kenan Koca Safak Ekinci Serkan Akpancar Muhammed Hanifi Gemci Ömer Erşen Faruk Akyıldız An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica |
| title | An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates |
| title_full | An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates |
| title_short | An analysis of orthopaedic theses in Turkey: Evidence levels and publication rates |
| title_sort | analysis of orthopaedic theses in turkey evidence levels and publication rates |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X16301924 |
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