Research on Research: Publication of Projects Presented at Medical Imaging Research Days Across Canada

Abstract

Objective: Twenty-one previous studies have shown a mean presentation to publication conversion rates at radiology conferences of 26%. There have been no prior studies on publication of medical imaging residency research presentations. Our objective was to determine how many medical imaging resident research projects presented at internal program research days across Canada go on to publication. Methods: A list of unique medical imaging resident research presentations given at program research days during the 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 academic years was generated via e-mail contact of programs or review of publicly available data on program websites. Unique resident presentations were identified and publications associated with these presentations were sought via database and Internet searching. The number of publications, publishing journals, and time to publication was determined. Results: Data from 32 research days at 7 programs were assessed. A total of 287 resident presentations were identified. Of these 287 presentations, 99 had associated publications (34% presentation to publication conversation rate), with variation in presentation numbers and publication conversion rates between schools. These 99 presentations were associated with a total of 118 publications in a total of 57 different journals. Time from presentation to publication was calculable for 109 of the 118 articles. Fifteen (14%) were published before research day and 94 (86%) were published after research day with a mean time to publication of 12.3 ± 13.6 months for all articles. Conclusions: Thirty-four percent of resident research presentations at Canadian medical imaging program research days go on to publication.

Presentation at the Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual General Meeting Is Associated With Higher Likelihood of Publication of Canadian Radiology Resident Research Day Presentations

“…5,[10][11][12][13] These studies range from a 28-64% publication rate, including a 35% publication rate for the data reassessed in this project. 5,[10][11][12][13] However, none of those studies assess how often these research day presentations are also presented at external conferences or how external presentation may be associated with publication of a given project. We have found that only 13% (36/288) of Canadian radiology resident research day projects go on to be presented at our national specialty conference (Canadian Association of Radiologists' Annual Scientific Meeting).…”

“…5 These comprised 7 of the 13 English speaking Canadian residency programs which are anonymized for this publication. 5 Geographical scope was wide with 3 schools from Western Canada and 4 schools from Eastern Canada. Full resident lists were not available, but approximate percentage of residents from the 13 English speaking schools was estimated by quota of spots at each program as listed in the 2022 Canadian Resident Matching Services (CaRMS) or the number of first year residents on program web sites if not published on the CaRMS webpage.…”

“…As previously described, this database was generated by reviewing research day presentation lists or abstracts from the participating schools to identify medical imaging resident research projects with subsequent internet searching of names and presentations via PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar in the summer of 2018 to identify any connected publications. 5 This identified a total of 287 unique resident presentations of which 100 were published, an overall 35% publication conversion rate. 5 Please note this is discrepant from the 99 publications in the initial report because of an error in the initial database which was uncovered in this review.…”

“…5 This identified a total of 287 unique resident presentations of which 100 were published, an overall 35% publication conversion rate. 5 Please note this is discrepant from the 99 publications in the initial report because of an error in the initial database which was uncovered in this review.…”

“…6 Combining the Cochrane review with newer publications shows the overall abstract to publication conversion rate at radiology conferences is 26%, based on 6651 publications from 25,498 presentations at 74 conferences. [5][6][7][8] Abstract to publication conversion rates from the 2005 to 2011 Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Scientific Meetings (CAR ASMs) was 28%. 9 However, there are few studies focusing on resident research projects.…”