From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Dr. Freshman, Dr. Kim, Dr. Feeley, Dr. Zhang, and Dr. Lansdown), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (Mr. Cortez), San Francisco, CA.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 Jul;4(7):e2000112. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00112.
To evaluate research listed as "Submitted" on orthopaedic surgery residency applications for eventual publication rates and quality.
As the orthopaedic surgery residency selection process becomes increasingly competitive, the number of research publications listed on applications continually increases. However, the utility of using publications listed as "Submitted" in the applicant evaluation process remains unknown.
Demographic and publication data were retrospectively collected from 1303 applications to an orthopaedic surgery residency program. The PubMed database was used to verify "Submitted" publications for (1) publication fruition or (2) publication mismatch, defined as discordance between the listed journal of submission and the eventual journal of publication.
A total of 594 applications (45.6%) listed ≥1 publication as "Submitted." Out of 1636 "Submitted" publications, 565 were unverifiable (32.5%). Of the 1071 verified publications, 362 (33.8%) experienced publication mismatch. Within this subgroup, a significant difference existed between the mean impact factors of the listed journal of submission and the eventual journal of publication (1.5 ± 2.7 versus 3.0 ± 2.5, P < 0.01). Demographic data were not predictive of having an unverified publication.
Publications listed as "Submitted" in orthopaedic surgery residency applications frequently remain unpublished or are published in less impactful journals than originally intended.
评估骨科住院医师申请中列为“已提交”的研究论文的最终发表率和质量。
随着骨科住院医师选拔过程竞争日益激烈，申请中列出的研究论文数量不断增加。然而，在申请人评估过程中使用列为“已提交”的出版物的效用仍不清楚。
从一个骨科住院医师培训计划的 1303 份申请中回顾性收集人口统计学和发表数据。使用 PubMed 数据库验证“已提交”出版物的（1）发表成果或（2）发表不匹配，定义为提交的期刊与最终发表的期刊之间的不一致。
共有 594 份申请（45.6%）列出了≥1 篇“已提交”的论文。在 1636 篇“已提交”的论文中，有 565 篇无法核实（32.5%）。在 1071 篇已核实的论文中，有 362 篇（33.8%）出现发表不匹配。在这个亚组中，提交的期刊和最终发表的期刊的平均影响因子之间存在显著差异（1.5 ± 2.7 与 3.0 ± 2.5，P < 0.01）。人口统计学数据并不能预测未核实的出版物。
骨科住院医师申请中列为“已提交”的出版物经常未发表，或发表在比最初预期影响力更小的期刊上。
