Publication Rates and Citation Analysis of Oral and Poster Presentations at the First Congress of the Society of Urological Surgery in Turkiye

Abstract

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Öz Amaç: Poster ve sözlü sunumlarının yayın haline dönüşmeleri, yeni bilgi oluşmasını sağlayarak literatüre de katkı sağlamaktadır. Biz bu çalışmamızda Ürolojik Cerrahi Derneği'nin 2012 yılında yaptığı ilk kongresindeki poster ve sözlü sunumların yayınlaşma oranlarına bakarak ülkemizdeki durumu incelemek istedik. Gereç ve Yöntem: Ürolojik Cerrahi Derneği'nin 3-7 Ekim 2012 tarihinde gerçekleştirmiş olduğu 1. Ulusal Ürolojik Cerrahi Kongresi'nin kongre kitapçığı incelendi. Üroonkoloji, androloji, çocuk ürolojisi, endorüroloji, transplantasyon, kontinans ve diğer başlıkları altında yapılmış olan 176 poster sunumu ve 103 sözlü sunumun yayına dönüşme durumu internet üzerinden PubMed ve Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) veri tabanları taranarak araştırıldı. Objective: Publications of congress presentations (oral/poster) contribute to the literature by creating new information. In this study, we examined the publication rate of poster and oral presentations at the 1 st Congress of the Society of Urological Surgery in Turkiye held in 2012. Materials and Methods: We investigated the congress booklet belonging to the 1 st Congress of the Society of Urological Surgery in Turkiye held in 3-7 October 2012. We investigated the publication rates of 176 poster and 103 oral presentations under the headings of uro-oncology, andrology, pediatric urology, endourology, transplantation, continence and other by searching the PubMed and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) databases. Results: Of the 176 poster and 103 oral presentations, 79 (28.3%) were subsequently published. The publication rate in journals included in the SCI-E was 24.3%. While 33% of oral presentations were published, 25.5% of poster presentations became publications and this difference was not found to be statistically significant (p=0.48). The mean duration from presentation to publication was 21.1 months. Conclusion: The publication rate of presentations at the 1 st Congress of the Society of Urological Surgery in Turkiye was higher than in most national congresses in different disciplines, but lower than many international congresses in the field of urology. Future studies investigating congress data from several consecutive years will provide clearer results.