Belgaid Youcef-Chafik, Moktefi Anissa
Pathology Department, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, 51 Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, Créteil, F-94010, France.
Univ Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, F-94010, France.
Virchows Arch. 2025 May;486(5):923-930. doi: 10.1007/s00428-024-03923-4. Epub 2024 Sep 17.
The publication productivity of residents has been reported in various specialties, mainly in North America, but never in pathology. In France, pathology residents must defend a medical thesis to obtain the title of medical doctor and to practice medicine. The aim of this study was to assess the thesis performance and publication output of a nationwide cohort of pathology residents from six graduating classes in France. Among 231 theses, 110 (48%) resulted in publications, of which 95% were original articles (OA) and 74% were resident first-author publications. The median impact factor (IF) was 3.6 (2.8-5.9). During residency and in the 4 years following defense, residents published a median of 5 (2-10) total publications, 2 (1-6) OA, and 1 (0-3) first-author manuscripts. Among 1849 publications, 822 (44%) were first, second, or last-authored by residents. The median IF of the 362 (20%) OA published as first, second, and last author was 3.1 (2.4-5), 3.3 (2.2-5.2), and 3.2 (0.9-3.3), respectively. Only 44% of these OA were indexed in the pathology category according to Web of Science, with Virchows Arch being the most common journal. Residents who published their medical thesis had a higher median number of total publications, as well as first- and last-author OA (p = 0.0005, p = 0.001 and p = 0.007, respectively). The publication record of pathology residents goes beyond the field of pathology, with most contributions to non-pathology journals. The mandatory medical thesis provides a valuable opportunity for pathology residents to engage in research and may be the first step towards publication productivity.
住院医师的发表产出情况已在多个专业领域有所报道，主要是在北美，但病理学领域从未有过相关报道。在法国，病理学住院医师必须通过一篇医学论文答辩才能获得医学博士头衔并行医。本研究的目的是评估法国六个毕业班的全国病理学住院医师队列的论文表现和发表产出。在231篇论文中，110篇（48%）产生了发表成果，其中95%为原创文章（OA），74%为住院医师作为第一作者的发表成果。中位影响因子（IF）为3.6（2.8 - 5.9）。在住院期间以及答辩后的4年里，住院医师发表的总论文数中位数为5篇（2 - 10篇），原创文章为2篇（1 - 6篇），第一作者手稿为1篇（0 - 3篇）。在1849篇发表成果中，822篇（44%）是由住院医师作为第一、第二或最后作者完成的。作为第一、第二和最后作者发表的362篇（20%）原创文章的中位影响因子分别为3.1（2.4 - 5）、3.3（2.2 - 5.2）和3.2（0.9 - 3.3）。根据科学引文索引，这些原创文章中只有44%被索引到病理学类别，其中《Virchows Arch》是最常见的期刊。发表了医学论文的住院医师的总发表数中位数以及第一和最后作者的原创文章数更高（分别为p = 0.0005、p = 0.001和p = 0.007）。病理学住院医师的发表记录超出了病理学领域，大部分贡献发表在非病理学期刊上。强制性的医学论文为病理学住院医师提供了参与研究的宝贵机会，可能是迈向发表产出的第一步。
