Conversion of Skeletal Society of Radiology annual meeting abstracts to publications in 2010-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Material presented at conferences is meant to provide exposure to ongoing research that could affect medical decision making based on future outcomes. It is important then to evaluate the rates of publication from conference presentations as a measure of academic quality as such research has undergone peer review and journal acceptance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the fate of abstracts presented at the Skeletal Society of Radiology Annual Meetings from 2010-2015.

Materials and methods

Conference abstracts were searched using Google, Google Scholar, and PubMed (which includes Medline) to locate the corresponding published reports. The data recorded for published studies included date published online, in print, or both; the journal in which it was publ

SUBMITTER: Tritz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6197043 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature