Department of Pathology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Mod Pathol. 2010 May;23(5):682-5. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2010.39. Epub 2010 Feb 19.
Many abstracts presented at scientific meetings are never published as articles in peer-reviewed journals. Using PubMed search and custom computer programs, we retrospectively reviewed all 4824 abstracts presented at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology annual meetings from 2005 to 2007, and found an overall publication rate of 36% for a 3-year maximal follow-up. This rate is comparable with that of other medical societies with published data. The publication rate varied from 10 to 62% among different subspecialties. The format of presentation, either platform or poster, was also a significant predictor of outcome, with 42-50% publication rate for platform abstracts and 32-36% for poster abstracts. Country of origin and the use of statistical methods did not seem to affect outcome significantly. The average time from abstract submission to article publication was 18 months. Seven journals accounted for over half of all publications, and the top three journals were American Journal of Surgical Pathology (16.2%), Modern Pathology (9.1%), and American Journal of Clinical Pathology (8.3%).
许多在科学会议上提交的摘要从未以同行评审期刊的文章形式发表。我们使用 PubMed 搜索和自定义计算机程序，回顾性地审查了 2005 年至 2007 年期间在美国和加拿大病理学学会年会上提交的 4824 份摘要，发现 3 年最大随访期的总体发表率为 36%。这一比率与其他有已发表数据的医学协会相当。不同亚专业之间的发表率从 10%到 62%不等。演示的形式，无论是专题演讲还是海报，也是结果的一个重要预测因素，专题演讲的发表率为 42-50%，海报的发表率为 32-36%。来源国和统计方法的使用似乎对结果没有显著影响。从摘要提交到文章发表的平均时间为 18 个月。有 7 种期刊占所有出版物的一半以上，其中排名前三的期刊是《美国外科病理学杂志》（16.2%）、《现代病理学》（9.1%）和《美国临床病理学杂志》（8.3%）。
