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To identify the obstacles that prevent undergraduate medical students from publishing their research projects.

October 13, 2023BMC Research NotesOpen Access

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

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To identify the obstacles that prevent undergraduate medical students from publishing their research projects.
Distributed an online cross-sectional survey to medical students (N=162) at a health science university from 2018 to 2021 to assess perceived barriers to publication.
Conducted independent peer evaluations of 81 student research projects by scientific reviewers to record final publication decisions and reasons for rejection.
Surveyed students identified primary barriers to publication as unsupportive research supervisors, lack of time, and insufficient sample sizes.
Reviewers recommended 70 of 81 projects (86.4%) for publication following minor or major modifications, while rejecting 11 projects (13.6%) due to poor writing style, flawed interpretation of results, and incorrect methodology.

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Cross-sectional study reveals supervisory and methodological barriers to research publication among medical students, highlighting the need for structured institutional frameworks.

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Alsulami et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a160bce0d802d0924b56148 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06542-5

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Cross-sectional study reveals supervisory and methodological barriers to research publication among medical students, highlighting the need for structured institutional frameworks.

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

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

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