J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg.  2018 Oct;44(5):237-241. 10.5125/jkaoms.2018.44.5.237.

Fate of abstracts presented at the Turkish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (TAOMS) meetings between 2007 and 2009

• Yolcu U
• Ozcan Kucuk A

• KMID: 2430585
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2018.44.5.237

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study was to determine the rate of peer-reviewed publication of abstracts presented at the annual meetings of the Turkish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (TAOMS) and to identify the time to publication, subspecialty, and study design.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
All abstracts accepted for presentation at a TAOMS meeting between 2007 and 2009 were identified from a book of abstracts and were searched for publication using PubMed and Google Scholar. The following variables were evaluated: publication rate, type of presentation (oral or poster), time to publication, subspecialty, study design, and name of the journal in which the article was published.
RESULTS
A total of 478 abstracts were presented at the TAOMS meetings between 2007 and 2009. Of these, 140 abstracts (29.3%) were subsequently published in peer-reviewed journals, including 38.2% of oral presentations and 26.6% of poster presentations. The mean time from presentation to publication was 22 months. Regarding publication fields, research and emerging technologies presentations had the highest publication rate (100%). With regard to study type, animal study (70.0%) and basic research (55.0%) had the highest publication rates.
CONCLUSION
Only 29.3% of abstracts presented at the TAOMS meeting were subsequently published as full-text articles. This rate was found to be similar to the previously reported publication rates in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Keyword

Abstracs; Congresses; Publications; Turkey

MeSH Terms

Animals
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons*
Publications
Surgery, Oral
Turkey

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