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

Abstract

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.

A descriptive analysis of abstracts presented at the Turkish National Cardiology Congresses between 2011 and 2015

“…In our study, we observed a rearrangement in the author list in approximately half of the presentations when published, and nearly one-third of this was concerned with the first author. This finding was similar with that in the other national congresses ( 33 ). It may be presumed that after the presentation at meetings, some of the studies had an improvement process, leading to a revision in the author list.…”

The publication rate of oral presentations presented in national congresses of Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery

“…Additionally, some of the researches from state hospitals might have been sent by physicians who started their compulsory service in state hospitals after training; their studies should be originated from their residencies; and it can be assumed that universities even have more contribution to this rate. [9] The publication rate of presentations from training and research hospitals was lower, and this could be regarding various reasons, as less time assignation for academic and research studies compared to universities, distinction in training methods, and retarded supervision of the publication course. Also, it should be kept in mind that the accomplishment of new Health Sciences University and direct interaction of training and research hospitals with this newer settlement may bring positive impact on research activities to physicians and residents who are members of these hospitals, consequently, increasing their publication rates as expected.…”

“…The methodology used in this study, involving PubMed and Google Scholar search, seems like those used in corresponding researches. [5][6][7][8][9]15,16] Numerous investigations do not define the search technique methodology in detailed and do not distinguish between the several factors. Nonetheless, we did not reach the authors of non-published abstracts and we were unable to determine an accurate reason for not submitting their work for publication.…”

“…The Institutional Review Board approval was not required, as only publicly available data were used in the study. Since previous studies concluded that 20 months was sufficient for drawing a conclusion on publication rate, [5][6][7][8][9][10] we included the national congresses of 2012, 2014, and 2016 (12 th , 13 th , and 14 th TSCSCs) in our study to the cut-off date of May 2018. We obtained the presented abstracts from the official webpage of the journal of TSCS (http://tgkdc.dergisi.org/special_issues.php).…”

“…In Turkey, studies regarding radiology, dermatology, anesthesiology, rheumatology, and thoracic surgery congresses report publication rates of the abstracts presented at the national congresses range between 9.4 and 42.3%. [7][8][9] However, there are no data available for the publication rate of abstracts presented in cardiovascular surgery in Turkey.…”