Abstract
BackgroundSubsequent publication rate of abstracts presented at meetings is seen as an indicator of the interest and quality of the meeting. We have analyzed characteristics and rate publication in peer-reviewed journals derived from oral communications and posters presented at the 1999 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) meeting.MethodsAll 689 abstracts presented at the 1999 CPDD meeting were reviewed. In order to find the existence of publications derived from abstracts presented at that meeting, a set of bibliographical searches in the database Medline was developed in July 2006. Information was gathered concerning the abstracts, articles and journals in which they were published.Results254 out of 689 abstracts (36.9%) gave rise to at least one publication. The oral communications had a greater likelihood of being published than did the posters (OR = 2.53, 95% CI 1.80-3.55). The average time lapse to publication of an article was 672.97 days. The number of authors per work in the subsequent publications was 4.55. The articles were published in a total of 84 journals, of which eight were indexed with the subject term Substance-Related Disorders. Psychopharmacology (37 articles, 14.5%) was the journal that published the greatest number of articles subsequent to the abstracts presented at the 1999 CPDD meeting.ConclusionOne out of every three abstracts presented to the 1999 CPDD meeting were later published in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Medline. The subsequent publication of the abstracts presented in the CPDD meetings should be actively encouraged, as this maximizes the dissemination of the scientific research and therefore the investment.
Highlights
In the last few decades the field of knowledge of substance abuse has undergone a consolidation characterized by its ample dynamism and constant updating [1].The abstracts presented in the meetings provide an opportunity for professionals and researchers of the various geographical areas or countries to share information in the field of substance abuse [2].In most scientific fields, preliminary results are often first presented at national and international meetings in the form of abstracts
The concordance between information contained in the abstract of the article and the abstract presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) meeting was verified, avoiding their consideration as articles derived from works carried out by the same research team and in which different aspects of the same study were presented
Of these 254 presentations, 102 were oral communications and 152 were posters. This means that oral communications have a greater likelihood of being published (OR = 2.53; 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) 1.80-3.55) than posters, since 53.1% of the total number of oral communications (n = 194) and 30.7% of the presentations in poster form (n = 495) were published at a later date in a peer-reviewed journal
Summary
In the last few decades the field of knowledge of substance abuse has undergone a consolidation characterized by its ample dynamism and constant updating [1].The abstracts (oral communications and posters) presented in the meetings provide an opportunity for professionals and researchers of the various geographical areas or countries to share information in the field of substance abuse [2].In most scientific fields, preliminary results are often first presented at national and international meetings in the form of abstracts (oral or poster presentations). Not all the abstracts presented in meetings are published later in article form in peer-review journals, so their adequate diffusion and quality is not guaranteed [3]. In the field of substance abuse, the congresses organized since 1938 by The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), previously the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, have provided the forum in which researchers from diverse disciplines present the results of their scientific activity. The Annual Meeting Programs & Abstracts allow the abstracts of the oral communications and the posters that have been presented annually in the congresses of the CPDD since 1999 to be accessed [4] In some of those years, the abstracts were published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. We have analyzed characteristics and rate publication in peer-reviewed journals derived from oral communications and posters presented at the 1999 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) meeting
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