Abstract
Objective: To conduct bibliometric analysis of the theses completed by sports medicine specialists in the last 15 years and to examine the theses' conversion into articles and their contribution to the literature. Materials and methods: The theses which were completed between 2002-2017 and accessible by open access were obtained from the digital archive of Database of National Thesis Center of the Turkish Council of Higher Education. The publication of the thesis as an article or not has been examined via Google Scholar. Result: As a result of digital archive investigation 60 theses was reached. 28.3% (n = 17) of these were completed by female specialists. Ninety percent (n = 54) of the theses were designed as human studies, 8.3% (n = 5) as animal experiments and 1.7% (n = 1) as field surveys. The topics related with exercise and sports physiology were 35% (n = 21), sports injuries and sportive rehabilitation 35% (n = 21), chronic diseases and exercise 15% (n = 9), sports cardiology 5% (n = 3). There was no difference in bibliometric data (p> 0.05) according to the author's gender and academical degrees of supervisors. 48.3% (n=29) of the theses were published as an article. Conclusion: The studies about geriatrics and sport, female and sport, disability and sport, team physician, emergencies in sports medicine and organ transplantation have not been selected as a thesis topic yet. There is a need to conduct thesis studies on these topics to produce higher level scientific articles.Amaç: Son 15 yılda spor hekimliği uzmanlık alanında tamamlanan tezlerin bibliyometrik analizini yapmak, tezlerin makaleye dönüştürülme ve literatüre katkı düzeylerini incelemektir. Gereç ve yöntem: 2002-2017 yılları arasında tamamlanan ve açık erişim ile ulaşılabilen tezler Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Tez Merkezi'nin dijital arşivinden tarandı. Tezlerin makale olarak yayınlanıp yayınlanmadığı ise 'Google Akademik' arama motoru üzerinden incelendi. Gereç ve yöntem: 2002-2017 yılları arasında tamamlanan ve açık erişim ile ulaşılabilen tezler Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Tez Merkezi'nin dijital arşivinden tarandı. Tezlerin makale olarak yayınlanıp yayınlanmadığı ise 'Google Akademik' arama motoru üzerinden incelendi. Sonuç: Yaşlılık ve spor, kadın ve spor, engelliler ve spor, takım doktorluğu, spor hekimliğindeki acil durumlar ve organ nakilleri kapsamındaki çalışmalar henüz tez konusu olarak seçilmemiştir. Bu başlıklarda da tez çalışmalarının yürütülmesine ve yüksek kaliteli bilimsel makalelerin üretilmesine ihtiyaç vardır.
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Ercan, S. (2020). Sports Medicine Specialization Theses: Bibliometric Analysis of the Last 15 Years in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(1), 21–27. https://doi.org/10.5152/tjsm.2020.155
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