Gerçel Gonca, Durakbaşa Çiğdem Ulukaya
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Feb;35(1):2-8. doi: 10.1055/a-2447-8720. Epub 2024 Oct 23.
The objective of this study is to analyze the conversion rate of abstracts presented at the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association (EUPSA) congress into full-text publications and to conduct a thorough analysis of the attributes and quality of the papers published.
Abstract books including the years 2017 to 2022 were reviewed. Searches on PubMed and Google Scholar, utilizing keywords from the titles and the author names, were conducted to trace subsequent full-text publications. A categorical analysis detected variations and trends, with a significance threshold of < 0.05. Quantitative data were presented as means ± standard deviations, whereas categorical data were represented as counts () and percentages (%).
A total of 2,139 abstracts were presented at the EUPSA annual meetings during five consecutive congresses. The average number of presented abstracts was 427.6 ± 20.4 per year from across 63 different countries. European countries contributed the majority (71%). The presentations included both oral ( = 817, 38.2%) and poster presentations ( = 1,322, 61.8%). They predominantly focused on clinical topics (90.6%). Single-center retrospective studies were the most common study design (43.7%). Out of all abstracts presented, 1,033 (48.3%) were published within an average time interval of 1.39 ± 1.19 years after presentation. Most journals had an impact factor (IF) between 1 and 5 (74.5%). There was no significant year-to-year variation in publication rates ( = 1). Basic science studies were published in journals with significantly higher IF compared with clinical studies ( < 0.001).
The publication rate of abstracts presented at the EUPSA annual congress stands at 48.3%, aligning with the rates observed in other similar studies. This suggests that abstracts submitted to the EUPSA congresses were evaluated and scored rigorously, adhering to international selection criteria. Furthermore, the majority of these abstracts were published in journals with moderate to high IFs, providing quantitative evidence of the scientific quality of research within the field of pediatric surgery.
本研究的目的是分析在欧洲小儿外科医生协会（EUPSA）大会上发表的摘要转化为全文发表的转化率，并对已发表论文的属性和质量进行全面分析。
回顾了2017年至2022年的摘要集。利用标题和作者姓名中的关键词在PubMed和谷歌学术上进行搜索，以追踪后续的全文发表情况。分类分析检测变化和趋势，显著性阈值为<0.05。定量数据以均值±标准差表示，分类数据以计数（）和百分比（%）表示。
在连续五届大会的EUPSA年会上共发表了2139篇摘要。每年来自63个不同国家的摘要平均数量为427.6±20.4篇。欧洲国家贡献了大部分（71%）。报告包括口头报告（=817，38.2%）和海报展示（=1322，61.8%）。它们主要集中在临床主题（90.6%）。单中心回顾性研究是最常见的研究设计（43.7%）。在所有发表的摘要中，1033篇（48.3%）在发表后的平均时间间隔1.39±1.19年内发表。大多数期刊的影响因子（IF）在1到5之间（74.5%）。发表率没有显著的逐年变化（=1）。与临床研究相比，基础科学研究发表在影响因子显著更高的期刊上（<0.001）。
在EUPSA年会上发表的摘要的发表率为48.3%，与其他类似研究中观察到的率一致。这表明提交给EUPSA大会的摘要经过了严格的评估和评分，符合国际选择标准。此外，这些摘要中的大多数发表在影响因子中等至高的期刊上，为小儿外科领域研究的科学质量提供了定量证据。
