Publication Rates of Abstracts from Two Pharmacy Meetings

Abstract

The publication rates for abstracts presented at ASHP and ACCP meetings were found to be lower than many of those for other medical groups. The presentation of research abstracts at professional meetings is an integral part of the exchange of scientific information; however, many of the presented abstracts are not subsequently published as full research reports. The failure to publish the results of the studies may limit the ability of a reader to judge the validity, reliability, and generalizability of the research. This could affect the use of the findings in clinical practice and in supporting or refuting other research findings.

Publication rates of abstracts presented at Biennial Meetings of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

“…This is within the wide range of 11-78% of previous reports of other scientific meetings [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][10][11][12]. Other sports medicine meetings including the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the Arthroscopy Association of North America have had higher reported publication rates of 67 and 46%, respectively [12].…”

Full-text publications in peer-reviewed journals derived from presentations at three ISSI conferences

“…In another medical field, urology, the percentage was 37.7% [LONGENA, 2004]; whilst in paediatrics, emergency medicine and gynaecology, it was higher (51%, 62% and 75% respectively) [RIORDAN, 2000;CALLAHAM & AL., 2002;GANDHI & GILBERT, 2004]. In a sample of pharmacy conferences, it ranged from 11% to 33% [BYERLY & AL., 2000].…”

“…Post-conference publication has been studied for various areas of science, among them library science [FENNEWALD, 2005], pharmacy [BYERLY & AL., 2000], marine biology [BIRD & BIRD, 1999] and radiology [MIGUEL-DASIT & AL., 2006A].…”

Scientific papers presented at the 2000–2001 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) meetings: publication rates during the period 2000–2004

“…The publication rates of presentations are proposed to be the indicator of the scientific quality level of a meeting [2]. Previously, several studies in different medical specialties have analyzed the full publication of the results orally presented as abstracts to their meetings [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The highest rates of publication was in the fields of oncology (74%) [13] followed by otolaryngology (69%) [14], orthopedics (64%) [15], ophthalmology (68%) [16], and anesthesiology (50%) [17].…”

“…Although many research studies are important enough to be presented, the most informative and highest quality studies reach full publication in peer-reviewed journals [1]. The publication rates of presentations have been proposed to reflect the scientific quality of scientific meetings [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Publication ratios of presentations in the literature vary between 11-74% depending on the medical specialty [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”