Factors Affecting Publication Of Podium Presentation Abstracts From Vascular Surgery National Conferences.
Utsav Soni, MD1, Krystina Choinski, MD2, Karol Perez, BS3, Nicole Ilonzo, MD4, Rami Tadros, MD2, Issam Koleilat, MD, FACS5, John Phair, MD2.
1Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, 2Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA, 3Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, 4Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA, 5RWJ Barnabas Health, New Jersey, NJ, USA.
OBJECTIVES: The advancement of surgical and clinical sciences relies on the ability to disseminate and publish relevant research. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the rate of and possible associated factors with abstract conversion to peer-reviewed published manuscripts from national vascular surgery conference presentations.
METHODS:
We reviewed abstracts presented as a podium or oral presentation at vascular surgery conferences during the period of 2017 - 2019. Data was collected through national society websites listing meetings. Email requests were also sent to programs that did not have an online presence. Gender and academic rank were obtained for the first and last authors. Research presentations were characterized based on topics in vascular surgery. Publication status of the abstracts was determined through a comprehensive literature review of PubMed and Google Scholar. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS (version 28.0.0.0).
RESULTS: A total of 484 abstracts were reviewed. The overall publication rate was 36 % with a mean time of publication of 12.7 (SD (Standard Deviation) 6.5) months from meeting presentation. A majority of publications were included in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (63 %; p < 0.03) with a weighted mean impact factor of 3.405. The focus area of research most likely to lead to publication was aortic surgeries. Factors positively associated with publication were gender with 61% of first authors being men. Other factors associated with publication included the academic rank of the first and second authors and the tenure status of the second author.
CONCLUSIONS:
The overall conversion rate of podium presentations to published manuscripts from Vascular surgery national meetings from 2017-2019 appears low, with a variety of potentially associated factors. Further research should explore these relationships as well as attempt to identify the fate of those abstracts that are not published in peer-reviewed journals.
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