Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the publication rate of Forensic Medicine specialty theses in national and international journals.
 Materials and Methods: The Thesis Center database of Council on Higher Education was searched for medical specialty theses written between 1983-2016. Another screening was done using the resident and mentor names as well as thesis title on Ulakbim, Türk Medline, Google Scholar, Web of Science, PubMed databases. The years in which the theses were done and the articles were published, database of the journal, resident’s order among the authors, type of research, thesis subjects were recorded. 
 Results: It was found that 77 (32.6%) out of a total of 236 theses written between 1983-2016 were published. Fifteen-point two percent of these theses were published in Science Citation Index-Expanded/Social Sciences Citation Index, 11.9% were published in international, and 5.5% in national indexed journals. The mean publication time was 2.95±2.49 years. It was also found that the resident was the first author in 85.7% of the articles, and 53.2% of the published theses were prospective studies. Most frequently article subjects were in the fields of Forensic Pathology (26%) and Forensic Psychiatry (23.4%).
 Conclusion: Publishing rate of theses in Forensic Medicine was similar to the data regarding publication rates of theses in different medical specialty fields in our country and abroad; however, it is below the level desired. It is of utmost importance to generate solutions to facilitate the process including but not limited to mentors that are encouraging and instructive,...
Highlights
In our country, Turkey, thesis preparation is a requirement for the completion of a specialty in medicine
The screening resulted in 270 theses that belonged to Departments of Forensic Medicine and the Ministry of Justice between 1983 and 2018
The rate of residents appearing as the first authors was 77.8% for studies published in Science Citation Index (SCI)/Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E)/Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journals, and 92.7% for studies published in other journals; no statistically significant difference between the two was identified (p=0.09)
Summary
Turkey, thesis preparation is a requirement for the completion of a specialty in medicine. This process is intended to ensure that residents acquire the necessary skills to conduct original research and to introduce innovation to the science through sharing the acquired knowledge. The number of studies on the publishing rate of theses in different medical specialties has been increasing. This retrospective study aims to investigate the publication rate of specialty theses in Forensic Medicine in national and international journals
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