Nascimento Sergio, Rahal Rosemar Macedo Sousa, Soares Leonardo Ribeiro, de Souza Pimentel Herik Jansen, Kamimura Tágara Oliveira, Freitas-Junior Ruffo
Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, The Federal University of Goiás, Rua 235 s/nº, Setor Leste Universitário, 74605050 Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
Advanced Center for Breast Diagnosis (CORA), Teaching Hospital, Federal University of Goiás, Primeira avenida s/nº, Setor Leste Universitário, 74605020 Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
Ecancermedicalscience. 2021 Jul 1;15:1259. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2021.1259. eCollection 2021.
Medical congresses allow scientific production to be appropriately disseminated and discussed. However, most of the scientific papers presented at medical congresses do not go on to be published in indexed journals. The present study aimed to determine the publication rate of papers presented at the Brazilian Breast Cancer Symposium (BBCS) and trends associated with publication over that timeframe.
This was a retrospective, observational study evaluating scientific papers presented at the BBCS between 2012 and 2017. All the abstracts presented at the event within this timeframe were recorded. Next, a search for papers was made using online databases (BIREME/LILACS and MEDLINE/PubMed) and in the curricula of the authors on the Lattes Platform.
Overall, 543 abstracts of papers presented at the BBCS between 2012 and 2017 were included. Of these, 112 (20.6%) had been published in an indexed journal, mostly in English (67.0%), in journals with an impact factor of 2.0-3.0 (21.4%) and ≥1 year after presentation at the event (75.9%). The factors associated with publication were: study conducted in a public institution ( = 0.01), oral or commented poster presentation ( > 0.001) and study concerning rehabilitation following breast cancer ( = 0.04). There was a downward trend in the rate of publication of articles over the years ( = 0.01). Conversely, the impact factor of the publications increased significantly between 2012 and 2017 ( = 0.04).
The publication rate of papers presented at the BBCS is low and remains consistent over the study period despite academic incentives and substantial awards.
医学大会有助于科学成果得到适当传播和讨论。然而，在医学大会上发表的大多数科学论文并未在索引期刊上发表。本研究旨在确定在巴西乳腺癌研讨会（BBCS）上发表的论文的发表率以及该时间段内与发表相关的趋势。
这是一项回顾性观察研究，评估2012年至2017年在BBCS上发表的科学论文。记录了该时间段内该活动中展示的所有摘要。接下来，使用在线数据库（BIREME/LILACS和MEDLINE/PubMed）以及作者在Lattes平台上的履历进行论文检索。
总体而言，纳入了2012年至2017年在BBCS上发表的543篇论文摘要。其中，112篇（20.6%）已在索引期刊上发表，大部分为英文（67.0%），发表在影响因子为2.0 - 3.0的期刊上（21.4%），且在活动展示后≥1年发表（75.9%）。与发表相关的因素有：在公共机构进行的研究（P = 0.01）、口头或有评论的海报展示（P > 0.001）以及关于乳腺癌康复的研究（P = 0.04）。这些年文章的发表率呈下降趋势（P = 0.01）。相反，2012年至2017年期间发表文章的影响因子显著增加（P = 0.04）。
在BBCS上发表的论文发表率较低，尽管有学术激励和丰厚奖项，但在研究期间保持稳定。
