title: [Publication rates of audiology master and doctoral theses in peer-reviewed journals].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Theses are the prime indicators of the scientific productivity of a country and one of the main and strongest resources for the emergence of scientific articles. This study aims to examine, by using the survey method, how many of the audiology master and/or doctoral theses in Turkey were turned into a scientific work.
  
  
  METHODS
  Individuals who received a master's degree in audiology were surveyed whether their theses had been reviewed as a paper or publication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-five of the 230 audiology specialists and 22 audiologists with a doctorate degree working in Turkey participated in the study by answering the survey questions. In general, while 45.4% of master theses were presented orally or as a poster presentation in a national convention, 20.4% were presented orally or as a poster presentation in an international convention. While 18.1% of theses were published as an article in a national journal, 15.9% were published as an article in an international SCI or SCI-E journal. The distribution of the doctoral theses is 26.6%, 33.3%, 13.3% and 26.6%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found the rate of theses in audiology turning into a scientific article to be below the desired level, as in other fields. The reasons for this should be emphasized and efforts should be made to raise these rates to the desired level.
authors.affiliation: Oticon, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bahtiyar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Çelikgün
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Derinsu
authors.forename: A Ayça
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Çiprut
authors.forename: Merve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torun
authors.forename: M Tayyar
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kalcıoğlu
mesh_terms: D001298:Audiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014421:Turkey