Abstract
ObjectiveTo determine journal publication rates of scientific papers presented orally at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2010, with comparison of country data to ECR 2000.MethodsAll oral presentations from ECR 2010 were evaluated for publication between 2010 and 2014 using the MEDLINE database. Countries, collaborations, subspecialties, modalities and study design were ranked by publication percentage. Chi-square tests were used to compare publication percentages for each category of variables. Hazard ratios (HR) were calculated for each country relative to the host nation, Austria. ECR 2010 country statistics were compared with analogous data from ECR 2000.ResultsIn total, 360/840 abstracts were subsequently published (43 %). The author’s country of origin (p = 0.02), subspecialty (p = 0.02) and study design (p = 0.001) were significantly associated with subsequent publication. Switzerland, the Netherlands, France and Germany were among the top six countries by publication percentage in 2000 and 2010. In 2010, Switzerland had the highest publication rate (62 %) and HR in comparison to Austria (HR 2.62 [1.31–5.25], p = 0.01). Three Asian nations increased relative publication rates over the 10-year period.ConclusionSeveral European nations consistently convert relatively high percentages of oral abstracts at ECR into publications, and the influence of Asian countries is increasing.Main Messages• Certain European nations consistently publish high percentages of orally presented abstracts at ECR.• The influence of several Asian countries on ECR is increasing.• Country, subspecialty and study design are significantly associated with journal publication.• Authors collaborating internationally have the highest publication rates and mean impact factors.• Among all modalities, PET-CT, MRI and CT have the highest publication percentages.
Highlights
Research helps to improve patient care, and as such is a pillar of clinical governance [1]
Country, subspecialty and study design are significantly associated with journal publication
There was no significant difference in publication percentage compared to European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2000 (ECR 2010: 360/840 vs. ECR 2000: 479/1020, p = 0.08)
Summary
Research helps to improve patient care, and as such is a pillar of clinical governance [1]. Radiology is a rapidly progressing speciality due to improvements in technology and the advent of new techniques. Evaluating these developments is essential in ensuring best practice in diagnosis and treatment. The impact factor of the journal is a surrogate measure of the scientific quality of the articles published therein. It has been known since the 1950s that fewer than half of the papers presented at medical conferences are published as full-text articles [2]. Whilst the publication of abstracts from certain specialty specific conferences, such as orthopaedics and urology, have been explored in the literature [4,5,6,7,8], there is a paucity of data relating to journal publication rates and impact factors in radiology
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