Theses defended at tunis Faculty of medecine from 2004 to 2005: scientific become and predictive factors of publications

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Published Dec 14, 2017
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Vol. 95 No. 4 (2017): Issue Apr 2017

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Hela Elloumi
Reem Bouarrouj
Aschraf Chadli-Debbiche
Ali Mrabet
Chadli Dziri
Nabiha Borsali

Abstract

Introduction
Several theses are supported, every year, in the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis but their scientific become is this day unknown. The most part of specialities have not bibliometric data.
Objectives: This work had for objectives to study the still unknown future of theses of Tunis Faculty of Medecine during 2004-2005, in terms of publication in indexed reviews and to determine the predictive factors of their publication.
Methods
This was a descriptive bibliometric study of theses supported at the Tunis Faculty of Medicine between January 1st, 2004 and december 31st, 2005. The data collected concerned :number of theses, involved specialities, discipline, type of theses, type of study, number of studied cases (<25 ou  25), methodology of the work, identity of the student, the director as well as the number and the rank of one or several directors. The productivity of the various specialities was estimated by two indicators: Ratio thesis-teacher and index of becoming theses. The publication of the theses has been sought in engines "Medline" and "scopus. Predictive factors for publication were sought.
Results
Six hundred and thirteen theses were supported, including 57.7% belonged to the medical disciplines. The attributed mention was "very honorable with the congratulations of the jury" in 71,0% of cases and "very honorable with the congratulations of the jury and the proposal at the price of thesis " in 24,0% of the cases. Thirteen comma four pourcent (13.4%) was the rate of publication. These theses were published when the attributed mention was "very honorable with the congratulations of the jury and the proposal at the price of thesis "(p=0.05), when the discipline was community (p <10-3), and when the study was of epidemiological type (p=0.05).The ratio theses-teacher- year was lower than 1 in 70% of cases and the index of becoming theses varied from 0 and 18.7 across all disciplines. The thesis were published in half of the cases in the the review"La Tunisie Médicale". The median of citation was 2 [0-66 citations]. The publication was found thanks to the name of the student which appeared as author in 61.0% of the theses. The student was first author in 12 cases (24.5%)
Conclusion
The rate of publication of theses of Tunis Faculty of Medecine during 2004-2005 aws little raised by 13.4%. This rate should be considered as a basic figure with regard to wich will be compared the future impact of courses made at present in our Faculty

Keywords:

Bibliometrics- Theses- Medecine- Publication

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