Publication rate of abstracts presented at the annual meetings of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves

Abstract

OBJECTIVEThe objective of this study was to determine the publication rate of abstracts presented at the annual meetings of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves (Spine Summit).METHODSThe authors used a search algorithm in PubMed to determine the publication rate of abstracts presented at the Spine Summit from 2007 to 2012. The variables assessed were presentation modality, topic, meeting year, publication year, destiny journal and its 5-year impact factor (IF), country, and citation count (retrieved from the Scopus database).RESULTSOne thousand four hundred thirty-six abstracts were analyzed; 502 were oral presentations and 934 were digital poster presentations. The publication rate was 53.97% (775/1436). The mean time from presentation to publication was 1.35 ± 1.97 years (95% CI 1.21–1.49 years). The mean citation count of published articles was 40.55 ± 55.21 (95% CI 36.66–44.44). Oral presentations had a higher publication rate (71.51%, 359/502) than digital posters (44.54%, 416/934; OR 3.13, 95% CI 2.48–3.95, p < 0.001). Oral presentations had a higher number of citations (55.51 ± 69.00, 95% CI 48.35–62.67) than digital posters (27.64 ± 34.88, 95% CI 24.28–31.00, p < 0.001). The mean IF of published articles was 3.48 ± 2.91 (95% CI 3.27–3.70). JNS: Spine (191/775, 24.64%), Spine (103/775, 13.29%), and Neurosurgery (56/775, 7.23%) had the greatest number of published articles. The US represented the highest number of published articles (616/775, 79.48%).CONCLUSIONSThe publication rate of the Spine Summit is among the highest compared to other spine meetings. Many of the abstracts initially presented at the meeting are further published in high-IF journals and had a high citation count. Therefore, the Spine Summit maintains its high standards of scientific papers, which reflects the high quality of the research performed in the spine surgery field in North America.

Posters Presented at North American Skull Base Society 2016–2018: What Factors Influence Their Publication?

“…However, given the highly respected reputation of the NASBS meeting within the neurosurgical community, as well as the wide array of research topics and subspecialties represented at this meeting, we do not believe that our data misrepresents the neurosurgical community in any significant way. In fact, our summative statistics in publication rates fall largely in line with that of similar studies that collected data from the American Association of Neurosurgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery meetings 27,28,29 . Moreover, our study on publication rates can be expanded further in future studies by encompassing other presentation types such as electronic posters to podium presentations as the publication rates could vary amongst these subtypes 30 .…”

“…In fact, our summative statistics in publication rates fall largely in line with that of similar studies that collected data from the AANS, the CNS, and the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery meetings. [26][27][28] Moreover, our study on publication rates can be expanded further in future studies by encompassing other presentation types such as electronic posters to podium presentations as the publication rates could vary among these subtypes. 29 Second, the cross-sectional study design limits any causative conclusions to be drawn.…”

Publication rates of research presented at the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meetings from 2008 to 2018: An 11-year review

“…Conferences among medical professionals are a widely accepted setting to facilitate dissemination of important research findings, and it is therefore important that high quality conferences, where practitioners and learners may attend and present their research, exist. The publication rate of research presented at conferences indirectly reflects the quality of the conference [ 3 ]. This study identified the overall publication rate of all abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the CSOHNS from 2008 to 2018.…”

“…In fact, 6.3% (n = 72) of publications were not identified until the sixth/final tier of the search strategy. However, our search strategy is similar in rigor to analyses of previous conferences publication rates, including the assessment of the CSOHNS conference from 2006 to 2010, and is therefore in line with the literature in this field [ 3 , 11 ]. This limitation may be improved in future studies by including a third data base and/or including additional key words.…”

“…By determining the publication rate of research presented at a conference, the quality of the conference is indirectly assessed [3]. Conferences in various countries and across multiple specialties have previously assessed Feschuk et al Journal of Otolaryngology -Head & Neck Surgery (2023) 52 :9 the publication rates of research presented at their meetings [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”