Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Iowa Orthop J. 2023 Dec;43(2):1-7.
Presentation of research at national orthopaedic meetings and subsequent publication are important for both information exchange among surgeons and individual academic advancement. However, the academic landscape and pressures that researchers face may differ greatly across different subspecialties. This study attempts to explore and quantify differences in research presented at national conferences and its implication on ultimate likelihood of publication in peer-reviewed journals.
All abstracts from the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) from 2016 and 2017 were reviewed and categorized based on subspecialty focus. Resulting publications were identified using a systematic search of PubMed and Google Scholar databases. Multivariate binary logistic regression modelling was used to assess the predictive value of abstract characteristics on eventual publication.
A total of 1805 abstracts from the 2016 and 2017 AAOS conferences were reviewed. The overall publication rate of abstracts following the AAOS meetings was 71.6%, with an average time to publication from abstract submission deadline and impact factor of 19.8 months and 2.878, respectively. Statistical differences were observed across subspecialties with respect to publication rate (p<0.001), time to publication (p<0.001), and impact factor (p<0.001). The subspecialty with the highest publication rate, largest impact factor, and shortest average time to publication was Sports Medicine with 83.2%, 3.98, and 17.6 months, respectively; despite lower average sample size (p<0.001) and frequency of multicenter design (p<0.001) compared with other subspecialties. The subspecialty with the lowest publication rate and impact factor was Hand and Wrist with 53.3% and 1.41, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrates a lower likelihood for internationally authored abstracts (OR: 0.75, p=0.021) and higher likelihood for basic science abstracts (OR: 1.52, p-value=0.023) to reach publication.
Differences in publication rate across orthopaedic subspecialties were observed with articles in sports medicine more likely to be published, published quickly, and featured in a higher impact factor journals. Understanding these differences, and how they relate to the publication and promotion of novel research, is important for orthopaedic researchers. .
在全国骨科会议上展示研究成果并随后发表对于外科医生之间的信息交流和个人学术发展都很重要。然而，不同亚专业的研究人员所面临的学术环境和压力可能有很大的不同。本研究试图探讨并量化在全国会议上展示的研究的差异及其对最终在同行评议期刊上发表的可能性的影响。
回顾了 2016 年和 2017 年美国骨科医师学会（AAOS）年会的所有摘要，并根据专业重点进行分类。使用系统搜索 PubMed 和 Google Scholar 数据库来确定相关出版物。使用多元二项逻辑回归模型评估摘要特征对最终发表的预测价值。
共回顾了 2016 年和 2017 年 AAOS 会议的 1805 篇摘要。AAOS 会议后摘要的总体发表率为 71.6%，从摘要提交截止日期到发表的平均时间为 19.8 个月，影响因子为 2.878。在发表率（p<0.001）、发表时间（p<0.001）和影响因子（p<0.001）方面，各亚专业之间存在统计学差异。发表率最高、影响因子最大、平均发表时间最短的亚专业是运动医学，分别为 83.2%、3.98 和 17.6 个月；尽管样本量平均较小（p<0.001），多中心设计频率较低（p<0.001）与其他亚专业相比。发表率和影响因子最低的亚专业是手和腕，分别为 53.3%和 1.41。多变量逻辑回归分析表明，国际作者的摘要发表的可能性较低（OR：0.75，p=0.021），而基础科学摘要发表的可能性较高（OR：1.52，p 值=0.023）。
在骨科亚专业中观察到发表率的差异，运动医学领域的文章更有可能发表，发表速度更快，发表在影响因子更高的期刊上。了解这些差异以及它们与新研究的发表和推广的关系，对骨科研究人员很重要。
