Bibliometric Analysis of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Residency Theses in Turkey (2016–2025)
Anesthesiology and Reanimation Theses (2016–2025)
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https://doi.org/10.71350/ajaic.24Keywords:
Bibliometric analysis, Medical specialization thesis, Anesthesiology, ReanimationAbstract
Background: Bibliometric analyses provide valuable tools for identifying topic distributions, research trends, and academic productivity dynamics in medical specialization theses. In the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, comprehensive and up-to-date bibliometric data on specialization theses covering the period after 2016 are limited. This study aimed to evaluate the bibliometric characteristics of medical specialization theses prepared in Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation in Türkiye between 2016 and 2025.
Material and Methods: This study is a retrospective, descriptive, and cross-sectional bibliometric analysis. Data were obtained from the open-access database of the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). Specialization theses in Anesthesiology and Reanimation completed within the specified period were systematically reviewed, and their distribution by year, research topics, study designs, academic titles of advisors, training institutions, and average number of pages were evaluated.
Results: A total of 2,758 Anesthesiology and Reanimation specialization theses were analyzed. A marked increasing trend in thesis production was observed over the years. Of these theses, 74.7% were designed prospectively, and 89.6% had a clinical study design. Advisory roles were primarily undertaken by academicians with the titles of professor (46.6%) and associate professor (34.9%). When the distribution by training institutions was examined, the proportion of theses prepared in university hospitals decreased from 86.8% in 2016 to 65.1% in 2025. In contrast, the proportion of theses prepared in Training and Research Hospitals increased from 9.2% in 2016 to 32.3% in 2025. The proportion of theses conducted in foundation and private hospitals remained within the range of 1.2% to 4.0% throughout the study period. Research topics were most frequently focused on regional/peripheral nerve blocks, intensive care, and pain management. Theses related to artificial intelligence began to appear among thesis subjects starting from 2021.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that specialization theses in the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation between 2016 and 2025 exhibited a clinically oriented, prospective, and institutionally structured academic production profile. The findings provide an up-to-date and informative framework for future thesis planning, educational strategies, and research policy development.
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