Smollin Craig G, Nelson Lewis S
New York City Poison Control Center, NY, USA.
J Med Toxicol. 2006 Sep;2(3):97-100. doi: 10.1007/BF03161017.
The timely and formal publication of material presented as abstracts at national meetings is critical to the dissemination of new information to the medical community. We designed a retrospective study to evaluate the publication rates of abstracts presented at a recent national toxicology conference. In addition, we attempted to determine whether readily identifiable characteristics could predict a greater likelihood of publication.
In June of 2004, we reviewed 237 abstracts from the 2001 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT). Abstracts were classified according to methodology and content. We then searched Medline, using PubMed, to determine the publication of each abstract.
Fifty-seven of 237 abstracts (24.1%) were subsequently published in peer reviewed journals. There was no statistically significant difference in the rate of publication when abstracts were categorized with respect to methodology. When categorized with respect to content, abstracts related to natural toxins had a higher publication rate (41.2%; p < 0.05).
Three years after presenting abstracts at the 2001 NACCT meeting, the majority of abstracts remain unpublished. This is a lower rate than noted by other specialty medical societies.
在全国性会议上以摘要形式呈现的材料能及时、正式出版，对于向医学界传播新信息至关重要。我们设计了一项回顾性研究，以评估在最近一次全国毒理学会议上所展示摘要的发表率。此外，我们试图确定是否有易于识别的特征能够预测更高的发表可能性。
2004年6月，我们回顾了2001年北美临床毒理学大会（NACCT）的237篇摘要。摘要根据方法和内容进行分类。然后我们使用PubMed在Medline中检索，以确定每篇摘要的发表情况。
237篇摘要中有57篇（24.1%）随后在同行评审期刊上发表。当根据方法对摘要进行分类时，发表率没有统计学上的显著差异。当根据内容分类时，与天然毒素相关的摘要发表率更高（41.2%；p < 0.05）。
在2001年NACCT会议上展示摘要三年后，大多数摘要仍未发表。这一比率低于其他专业医学学会所报告的比率。
