From abstract to impact in cardiovascular research: factors predicting publication and citation

Winnik, Stephan; Raptis, Dimitri Aristotle; Walker, Janina H.; Hasun, Matthias; Speer, Thimoteus; Clavien, Pierre‐Alain; Komajda, Michel; Bax, Jeroen J.; Tendera, Michał; Fox, Kim; Werf, Frans Van de; Mundow, Ciara; Lüscher, Thomas F.; Ruschitzka, Frank; Matter, Christian M.

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs113

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“…However, other authors found no differences in publication percentages between oral and poster forms of presentations (Balasubramanian et al 2006;Rodriguez and Laskin, 2012;Winnik et al, 2012). Presence of statistical analysis was also significantly associated with a favourable publication outcome.…”

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Full-text publication of abstracts presented at European Orthodontic Society congresses

Livas¹,

Pandis²,

Ren³

2013

The European Journal of Orthodontics

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SUMMaRYINTRODUCTION: Empirical evidence has indicated that only a subsample of studies conducted reach fulltext publication and this phenomenon has become known as publication bias. a form of publication bias is the selectively delayed full publication of conference abstracts. The objective of this article was to examine the publication status of oral abstracts and poster-presentation abstracts, included in the scientific program of the 82nd and 83rd European Orthodontic Society (EOS) congresses, held in 2006 and 2007, and to identify factors associated with full-length publication.METHODS: a systematic search of PubMed and Google Scholar databases was performed in april 2013 using author names and keywords from the abstract title to locate abstract and full-article publications. Information regarding mode of presentation, type of affiliation, geographical origin, statistical results, and publication details were collected and analyzed using univariable and multivariable logistic regression.RESULTS: approximately 51 per cent of the EOS 2006 and 55 per cent of the EOS 2007 abstracts appeared in print more than 5 years post congress. a mean period of 1.32 years elapsed between conference and publication date. Mode of presentation (oral or poster), use of statistical analysis, and research subject area were significant predictors for publication success.LIMITaTIONS: Inherent discrepancies of abstract reporting, mainly related to presentation of preliminary results and incomplete description of methods, may be considered in analogous studies.CONCLUSIONS: On average 52.2 per cent of the abstracts presented at the two EOS conferences reached full publication. abstracts presented orally, including statistical analysis, were more likely to get published.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 83%

Full-text publication of abstracts presented at European Orthodontic Society congresses

Livas¹,

Pandis²,

Ren³

2013

The European Journal of Orthodontics

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“…[16] Other possible reasons included the presence of previous studies with similar study designs and results, preconceived judgement about the rejection by the journals, study results not providing new scientific contributions, and presence of deficits and errors in statistical methodology. [8,17] Although some studies did not find any significant difference between the publication rates of oral and poster presentations, [17][18][19][20] others showed that the publication rate of oral presentations was higher than poster presentations. [8,21,22] In general, well-designed studies with interesting results which have a higher scientific value are selected as oral presentations by the review committee of the abstracts, and these reports mature further with the feedbacks from the audience.…”

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confidence: 98%

What fate befalls the congress proceedings? Conversion rates of National Thoracic Surgery Congress proceedings into international publications

Evman¹

2017

Turk Gogus Kalp Dama

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ÖZAmaç: Bu çalışmada, Ulusal Göğüs Cerrahisi Kongresi'nde sunulan bildirilerin takip eden dört yıl içinde bilimsel dergilerde yayına dönüştürülme oranları belirlendi ve Türkiye'de yayımlanan bu bildiri oranları ile ilişkili değişkenler incelendi. Çalışm a planı:PubMed veri tabanı kullanılarak, 2011 yılında VI. Ulusal Göğüs Cerrahisi Kongresi'nde sunulan ve uluslararası hakemli dergilerde ve Türk Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derneği ve Türk Göğüs Cerrahisi Derneği'nin resmi yayını Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi'nde yayımlanan yayınlar tespit edildi. Bildirinin türü, konu başlığı, birinci yazarın adı ve bağlı olduğu kurum, yayın süresi ve dergi adı geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Bul gu lar:Toplam 312 bildiriden 35'nin (%11.2) uluslararası hakemli dergilerde yayımlandığı bildirildi. Yirmi üç sözlü sunumun beşi (%21.7), 61 tartışmalı posterin 10'u (%16.3) ve 228 poster bildirisinin 20'si (%8.7) yayına dönüştürüldüğü görüldü. Sözel bildiriler, poster bildirilerine kıyasla daha fazla yayına dönüştürülmüştü; ancak istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark yoktu (p= 0.163). Kurum tipine göre en yüksek yayına dönüştürme oranı, üniversitelerden idi (%64.4); ancak üniversiteler, eğitim araştırma hastaneleri ve çok merkezli çalışmalar arasında kurum tipi açısından anlamlı bir fark yok idi (p= 0.581). Poster bildirilerin yayına dönüştürülme süresi, sözel bildirilere kıyasla, anlamlı düzeyde daha kısa idi (p= 0.005).Sonuç: Çalışma sonuçlarımız, kongre bildirilerinin hakemli dergilerde yayımlanma oranının %10 civarında olduğunu ve sözel bildirilerde ve üniversite kliniklerinde yapılan çalışmalarında bu oranın daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir.

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“…2 Winnik et al conducted and reported a very comprehensive manual study on this same topic using data from ≈1000 randomly selected abstracts from the European Society of Cardiology Scientific Sessions. 3 Their study was published when our manuscript was in the review process for Circulation. The results reported by Winnik et al were similar to ours, although in a smaller sample.…”

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Response to Letters Regarding Article, “Conversion of Cardiovascular Conference Abstracts to Publications”

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The results reported by Winnik et al were similar to ours, although in a smaller sample. We sincerely regret that we were not aware of and therefore did not acknowledge the fine work by Winnik et al. We find the results intriguing, particularly the link between abstract grading and subsequent publication likelihood. Evidence is accumulating for a suboptimal conversion of science from abstracts to publications in cardiology. We are happy to learn that Winnik et al agree with our conclusions and that more work is needed to ensure faster and complete sharing of scientific knowledge. Key opinion leaders should encourage publication of scientific abstracts. More discussion and research are needed to break down some of these publication barriers. We encourage collaboration to achieve this common goal.In the letter by Cobos Gil, 4 we were happy to learn that he concurs with our suggestion to grade and benchmark conferences. Cobos Gil suggests grading conferences on the potential impact factor, calculated as the sum of impact factors for the published abstracts divided by the number of presented abstracts. In our study, we demonstrated that the impact factor of subsequently published abstracts is associated with the scientific category (basic versus clinical versus population science) of the individual abstract. Therefore, the metric suggested by Cobos Gil would tend to favor conferences with more basic science. We also believe that the metric put forward by Cobos Gil may overemphasize the journal impact factor, thereby underestimating the specific scientific content of the individual abstracts presented at the conference. Like articles published in high-tier journals, those published in low-tier journals are often cited many times and can influence treatment guidelines. As a result, we suggest a couple of specific metrics in addition to the one proposed by Cobos Gil. First, the simple overall adjusted publication rate within a given time frame would be informative about the conference overall and would be easily reported by our algorithm. Second, a metric could include more specific information about the abstract and its consequent influence on the field, which could be assessed by calculating the number of citations the subsequent publication receives within a set time frame and indexing this number with the overall adjusted publication rate of the conference.Cobos Gil underlines a very important point at the end of his letter. With the algorithm developed for our article in Circulation, we now have a tool and several objective metrics that we can use to benchmark medical conferences. This algorithm may be a way to ensure that science continues to be at the center of these conferences, not to mention an incentive for the conference committees.

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From abstract to impact in cardiovascular research: factors predicting publication and citation

Cited by 71 publications

References 26 publications

Full-text publication of abstracts presented at European Orthodontic Society congresses

Full-text publication of abstracts presented at European Orthodontic Society congresses

What fate befalls the congress proceedings? Conversion rates of National Thoracic Surgery Congress proceedings into international publications

Response to Letters Regarding Article, “Conversion of Cardiovascular Conference Abstracts to Publications”

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