Gregory Tournesol N, Liu Tianyi, Machuk Andrew, Arneja Jugpal S
University of British Columbia;
Can J Plast Surg. 2012 Spring;20(1):33-6. doi: 10.1177/229255031202000118.
Advancements in clinical decision-making are influenced by presentations made at scientific conferences or publications in journals with extensive readership. However, many ideas shared at annual conferences fail to be published, and most surgeons attend these meetings only sporadically.
To quantify the conversion rates of meeting presentations to publications in North American plastic surgery.
MEDLINE (OvidSP) and PubMed databases were cross-referenced with abstracts accepted for podium presentation at the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and American Association of Plastic Surgeons annual meetings from 2003 to 2007. Parameters reviewed included publication rate, time to publication, subspecialty, trial type, publication journal and journal impact factor.
Over the five-year study period, 45.00% of the 888 presentations were published in peer-reviewed journals. The mean time to publication was 22 months (range 1.00 to 85.90 months). In total, 57.00% of the 400 publications appeared in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; 47.20% of publications were case series study design. The majority of publications were of the reconstruction subspecialty (31.00%). Abstracts from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons had the highest conversion rate (57.70%). Publications based on abstracts presented at the American Association of Plastic Surgeons had the highest mean journal impact factor (2.33). The Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons had the highest total number of publications (n=161).
From the three North American annual general meetings reviewed, there was a modest conversion rate of mainly reconstructive case series published predominantly in a single journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Several years often pass from the genesis of a research hypothesis to final publication, and because the majority of presentations fail to be published, presentations should be observed with a critical eye given the more stringent peer review process and time required for final publication. In an effort to improve conversion rates, departments and faculty members must foster a culture that prioritizes publication.
临床决策的进展受到在科学会议上的报告或在拥有广泛读者群的期刊上发表的文章的影响。然而，在年度会议上分享的许多观点未能发表，而且大多数外科医生只是偶尔参加这些会议。
量化北美整形外科会议报告转化为出版物的转化率。
将MEDLINE（OvidSP）和PubMed数据库与2003年至2007年加拿大整形外科协会、美国整形外科协会和美国整形外科学会年度会议上被接受进行大会报告的摘要进行交叉引用。审查的参数包括发表率、发表时间、亚专业、试验类型、发表期刊和期刊影响因子。
在为期五年的研究期间，888份报告中有45.00%在同行评审期刊上发表。平均发表时间为22个月（范围为1.00至85.90个月）。在400份出版物中，总共有57.00%发表在《整形与重建外科》杂志上；47.20%的出版物为病例系列研究设计。大多数出版物属于重建亚专业（31.00%）。美国整形外科协会的摘要转化率最高（57.70%）。基于美国整形外科学会报告摘要的出版物平均期刊影响因子最高（2.33）。加拿大整形外科协会的出版物总数最多（n = 161）。
在所审查的北美三个年度大会中，主要是重建病例系列的转化率适中，主要发表在单一期刊《整形与重建外科》上。从研究假设的提出到最终发表通常需要数年时间，而且由于大多数报告未能发表，鉴于更严格的同行评审过程和最终发表所需的时间，对报告应持批判性眼光。为了提高转化率，各部门和教职员工必须营造一种优先考虑发表的文化。
