Yacyshyn Elaine A, Soong Laura C
University of Alberta, 8-130 H Clinical Sciences Building, 11350-83 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
Rheumatol Int. 2017 Jun;37(6):949-953. doi: 10.1007/s00296-017-3701-x. Epub 2017 Mar 25.
Dissemination of research studies is important for research ideas to be transformed from initial abstracts to full publications. Analyses of the scientific impact and publication record of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual meeting have not been previously described. This study determines the publication rate of abstracts presented at the CRA Annual Meetings 2005-2013 to full-text journal articles and the factors associated with publication. Program records of previous CRA meetings from 2005 to 2013 were obtained. Abstracts were searched for corresponding full-text publication in Google Scholar and PubMed using a search algorithm. Abstracts and subsequent published articles were evaluated for type of abstract, time to publication, study type, publishing journal, and journal impact factor. A total of 1401 abstracts were included in the study, 567 of which were converted to full publications. The average time to publication was 19.7 months, with 89% of abstracts published within 3 years of being presented. Eighty-three percent of abstracts were clinical in nature, and 58% of published studies were observational in design. Articles were published in a wide range of journals, with the top publisher being the Journal of Rheumatology (31%). Average time to publication was 19.7 months. Eighty-six percent of articles had a Journal Impact Factor > 2. Overall, 40.5% of abstracts presented at the CRA Annual Meetings 2005-2013 were published. Further research is needed to determine barriers and reasons for abstracts not being published as full-text articles.
研究成果的传播对于将研究想法从最初的摘要转化为完整的出版物至关重要。此前尚未有人对加拿大风湿病协会（CRA）年会的科学影响力和发表记录进行分析。本研究确定了在2005 - 2013年CRA年会上展示的摘要被发表为全文期刊文章的比例以及与发表相关的因素。获取了2005年至2013年CRA以往会议的项目记录。使用搜索算法在谷歌学术和PubMed中搜索摘要对应的全文出版物。对摘要及随后发表的文章进行评估，内容包括摘要类型、发表时间、研究类型、发表期刊以及期刊影响因子。该研究共纳入1401篇摘要，其中567篇被转化为全文出版物。平均发表时间为19.7个月，89%的摘要在展示后的3年内发表。83%的摘要本质上属于临床研究，58%已发表的研究在设计上为观察性研究。文章发表在众多期刊上，发表量最多的是《风湿病学杂志》（31%）。平均发表时间为19.7个月。86%的文章期刊影响因子大于2。总体而言，在2005 - 2013年CRA年会上展示的摘要中有40.5%被发表。需要进一步研究以确定摘要未被发表为全文文章的障碍和原因。
