Bibliometric Analysis of Theses Made in Public Health and Registered in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education in Turkey

Abstract

IntroductionIn this research, it is aimed to make a bibliometric analysis of master's, doctorate and medical residency theses written in public health in Turkey and registered on the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education. Materials and MethodsThe research is of descriptive type. Within the research, all theses, including master's, doctorate and medical residency in public health, which were registered on the website of the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education until 31.12.2021, were reached. A data collection form consisting of 21 questions was used in the evaluation of the postgraduate theses. Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance and Chi-square test were performed to determine the relationships between variables. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results2399 theses were evaluated in the study. Of the theses included in the research, 45.6% were master's thesis. The full text of 77.4% of the theses was available and, the gender of the thesis student was female in 66.1%. The most commonly used epidemiological method in theses was crosssectional. The median number of pages of the theses is 108 (min: 27-max: 952). The university with the highest number of theses in Public Health was Istanbul University. When the topics of the theses were evaluated, the most chosen topic was occupational health (14.2%) and the least chosen topic was school health (0.7%). ConclusionAs a result of the research, it was determined that most of the theses were master's theses and, the number of public health theses increased over the years.