Abstract
To investigate the frequency of converting a residency dissertation to a journal article in Turkey. To compare the different residency programs and their publications rates; to sub classify of dissertations according to sub-specialties. Ophthalmologists who graduated before 2010 conducted surveys. The surveys questions included graduation year, residency program, topic of the dissertations, type of the study (prospective, retrospective, or experimental), publication rate from the dissertations, and type of journal for published dissertations. Three-hundred-eight ophthalmologists conducted surveys. Fifty seven (18.5%) dissertations were published in SCI-Expanded Indexed journals (39 of them (23%) from the university hospital programs and 17 of them (13%) from state hospital programs (p=0.036)) and 97 of dissertations were published in national journals. 92 of 170 (54%) dissertations from the university based residency programs and 59 of 131 (45%) dissertations from the state hospital based residency programs were published in national journals or international journals indexed in the SCI-Expanded Index (p=0.17). A publication rate from dissertations was similar between big city university programs and small city university programs (23.3%; 22.6%). The most frequently studied topics of dissertations were cataract-refractive surgery (21.5%), followed by retina (21%), glaucoma (21%), cornea-anterior segment (19%), and strabismus (7%). Of the study design, 57% of them were prospective, 32% were retrospective, and 10.5% were experimental study. In this study, it seems to be that lesser than one fifth of Ophthalmology Residency dissertations in Turkey converted to journal articles in SCI-Expanded journals. It is obvious that the overall quality of the dissertations was inadequate to be published in indexed journals and it is necessary to take some measures to increase the scientific quality.
Highlights
Today, the most important indicator of scientific production for individuals, academic centers, and countries is the number of publications in indexed journals
Converting a residency dissertation to a journal article is a reliable indicator of the scientific quality of dissertation
We investigated the frequency of converting the ophthalmology residency dissertations to journal articles with comprehensive surveys
Summary
The most important indicator of scientific production for individuals, academic centers, and countries is the number of publications in indexed journals. Residency dissertations are one of the most important sources of scientific publications. The completion of a dissertation is obligatory for ophthalmology training at both university and state hospital programs in Turkey. The scientific quality of dissertation is controversial. Converting a residency dissertation to a journal article is a reliable indicator of the scientific quality of dissertation. The data on publication rate from residency dissertation is limited [1,2,3,4,5,6]. We investigated the frequency of converting the ophthalmology residency dissertations to journal articles with comprehensive surveys
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