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Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia
Acta Medica Academica, 53 (2024), 1; 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.437
Puljak, Livia; Tolić, Matea; Sablić, Marko; Silobrčić, Vlatko; Heffer, Marija; Polić, Bojan; Barčot, Ognjen; Sapunar, Damir

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Puljak, L., Tolić, M., Sablić, M., Silobrčić, V., Heffer, M., Polić, B. ... Sapunar, D. (2024). Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia. Acta Medica Academica, 53. (1), 1-9. doi: 10.5644/ama2006-124.437

Puljak, Livia, et al. "Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia." Acta Medica Academica, vol. 53, no. 1, 2024, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.437

Puljak, Livia, Matea Tolić, Marko Sablić, Vlatko Silobrčić, Marija Heffer, Bojan Polić, Ognjen Barčot and Damir Sapunar. "Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia." Acta Medica Academica 53, no. 1 (2024): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.437

Puljak, L., et al. (2024) 'Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia', Acta Medica Academica, 53(1), pp. 1-9. doi: 10.5644/ama2006-124.437

Puljak L, Tolić M, Sablić M, Silobrčić V, Heffer M, Polić B, and sur.. Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia. Acta Medica Academica [Internet]. 2024 April 09 [cited 2025 March 05];53(1):1-9. doi: 10.5644/ama2006-124.437

L. Puljak, et al., "Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia", Acta Medica Academica, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 1-9, April 2024. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:950110. [Accessed: 05 March 2025]

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Title (english)Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia
AuthorLivia Puljak
AuthorMatea Tolić
AuthorMarko Sablić
AuthorVlatko Silobrčić
AuthorMarija Heffer
AuthorBojan Polić
AuthorOgnjen Barčot
AuthorDamir Sapunar
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Histology and Embryology)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Abstract (english)
Objective. To conduct scientometric studies on PhD (“Doctor of Philosophy”) theses (i.e., doctoral theses), researchers should be able to access the theses. We aimed to explore how to obtain a list and full text of the defended PhD theses from medical schools in Croatia over 30 years (from the beginning of 1992 to the end of 2021). Methods. We tried to obtain information from the Croa- tian Bureau of Statistics, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), universities, medical schools and online reposito- ries. Results. We could not find a single list (source) of all PhD theses. Based on 4 different sources (website of the University of Zagreb and Medical School in Rijeka; school administrator from Split; library catalog from Osijek), we gathered information that from the beginning of 1992 to the end of 2021, there were 2955 PhD theses defended at medical schools in Croatia – 357 in Osijek, 550 in Rijeka, 337 in Split and 1711 in Zagreb. In May 2022, the online Croatian Digital Dissertations Repository contained 631 (22%) of full-text theses in Portable Document Format (PDF). University of Zagreb School of Medicine has its own repository that holds the full text of 834 (49%) of their PhD theses. One of the three PhD programs of the University of Split School of Medicine, namely Translational Research in Biomedicine (TRIBE), published full texts of all PhD theses defended at that program on its website. NSK held 2650 (90%) of the theses in a printed version. Conclusion. It was extremely challenging to access the list and full texts of doctoral theses defended in Croatia. Making PhD theses publicly available would ensure transparency and enable analyses that should improve scientific policy.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleActa Medica Academica
Numberingvol. 53, no. 1, pp. 1-9
p-ISSN1840-1848
e-ISSN1840-2879
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.437
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:950110
Publication2024-04-09
Document URLhttps://ama.ba/index.php/ama/article/view/557
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