J Rheum Dis.  2019 Jan;26(1):41-45. 10.4078/jrd.2019.26.1.41.

Fate of Abstracts Presented at the Korean College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meetings

• Kim YG
• Choi CB
• Kang SW
• Kim J
• Kim YD
• Lee J
• Lee MS
• Lee YH
• Min JK
• Park MC
• Park SH
• Park YW
• Lee SW
• Jun JB

• KMID: 2442033
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4078/jrd.2019.26.1.41

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the fate of abstracts presented at scientific meetings of the Korean College of Rheumatology (KCR).
METHODS
This study examined the abstracts presented at annual meetings of the KCR from 2005 to 2014. Only original studies were selected, excluding case reports. A manual search was conducted using PubMed, KoreaMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase to track the published articles. The abstracts were considered to have been published if the authors, title, study design, and results were the same for a published article. In addition, they were considered published if the author and the study design matched, even if the results of the abstract and the results of the published articles were not identical.
RESULTS
A total of 928 abstracts from 2005 to 2014 were analyzed. Of the 928 abstracts, 468 (50.43%) abstracts were published in a peer-reviewed journal and the mean time to publication was 19 months. Of the 468 abstracts, 414 were published in a science citation index extended (SCI[E]) journal, and 54 were published in non-SCI(E) journals. The proportion of SCI(E) articles increased annually. The average impact factor for the SCI(E) journals was 2.93. In subgroup analysis, the abstracts that were awarded the best oral or best poster presentation were more likely to be published as full-length articles with a higher impact factor than the abstracts not awarded.
CONCLUSION
Half of the abstracts presented in the KCR annual meetings were published in a peer-reviewed journal. Approximately 90% of the articles were published in a SCI(E) journal.

Keyword

Abstract; Publication; Rheumatology; Korea

MeSH Terms

Awards and Prizes
Korea
Publications
Rheumatology*

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  Figure 1. Annul publication rate as a full-length article. Chi-square test.

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