Service de MPR, hôpital Pierre-Swynghedauw, CHRU de Lille, rue André-Verhaeghe, 59037 Lille, France.
Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2013 Oct;56(7-8):492-502. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2013.07.001. Epub 2013 Jul 31.
Publication of abstracts presented at a scientific meeting is a measure of the latter's scientific quality.
To evaluate the publication rate for abstracts presented at the 2008 congress of the French Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Society (SOFMER) and to identify (i) factors that were predictive of publication and (ii) the main reasons for non-publication.
We searched the PubMed database for publications related to SOFMER 2008 abstracts. We then screened the abstracts' characteristics for features that were predictive of publication. Authors of abstracts that had not been published were contacted (by e-mail) in order to establish the reason(s) for non-publication.
Of the 231 abstracts presented at SOFMER 2008, 49 (21.2%) had been published. Original studies submitted by French university teams were more likely to be published. Most of the unpublished abstracts had never been submitted to scientific journals. A heavy workload (limiting the time available for drafting a publication) and unwillingness to submit incomplete or preliminary studies were the main barriers to submission for publication.
SOFMER 2008s abstract publication rate was lower than those of other national or international medical congresses. University status and the performance of original research were predictive of publication.
评估 2008 年法国物理医学与康复学会（SOFMER）大会上提交的摘要的发表率，并确定（i）有预测发表的因素，（ii）未发表的主要原因。
我们在 PubMed 数据库中搜索与 SOFMER 2008 摘要相关的出版物。然后，我们筛选了摘要的特征，以确定有预测发表的特征。我们通过电子邮件联系了未发表的摘要的作者，以确定未发表的原因。
在 SOFMER 2008 年提交的 231 份摘要中，有 49 份（21.2%）已发表。法国大学团队提交的原始研究更有可能被发表。大多数未发表的摘要从未提交给科学期刊。工作量大（限制了撰写出版物的时间）和不愿意提交不完整或初步研究是阻碍提交发表的主要原因。
SOFMER 2008 年的摘要发表率低于其他国家或国际医学大会。大学地位和原始研究的表现是发表的预测因素。
