“Publish or Perish”: barriers to research publication in an undergraduate medical research program

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Research Note

Mohammed A Hadi¹  Zeyad O Khaimi¹  Talha S Mayet¹  Alaa Althubaiti¹  Abdulrahman F Alsulami¹  Yazeed H Aljabri¹ 

[1] College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 9515, 6656, 21423, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;

关键词: Medical research;    Undergraduate;    Students;    Publication;    Barriers;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-023-06542-5

 received in 2022-11-13, accepted in 2023-09-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesPublication is one of the crucial parameters in research, and the inability to publish has been noted in many medical students’ projects due to different reasons. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the obstacles that prevented medical students in a health science university from publishing their research from 2018 to 2021. First, an online survey was distributed to assess the obstacles to publication perceived by the medical students. Second, a total of 81 research projects were evaluated by scientific reviewers and their final decision about the publication was recorded.ResultsIn total, 162 students filled out the survey. The barriers faced by the students were various. They included an unsupportive research supervisor, a lack of time, an insufficient sample size, and many others. In the reviewer’s evaluation, out of 81 projects, 70 projects (86.4%) were recommended to be published after minor or major modifications, while 11 projects (13.6%) were rejected due to poor writing style, poor results interpretation, and incorrect methodology.ConclusionArticulating the barriers to undergraduate medical research publication is important in boosting publication rates and research experience of graduating medical students. Medical research educators and research supervisors should strongly consider creating a framework that tackles existing obstacles and any future matters.

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