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Factors Associated with Publication Following Presentation at a Transplantation Meeting
Author(s) -
Glick N.,
MacDonald I.,
Knoll G.,
Brabant A.,
Gourishankar S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01203.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , presentation (obstetrics) , clinical trial , meta analysis , multivariate analysis , randomized controlled trial , publication bias , family medicine , surgery
Full publication of abstracts presented at scientific meetings ranges from 25–74%. To determine the rate and factors associated with publication in organ transplantation, we examined abstracts presented at the American Transplant Congress in May 2000. Of 1147 abstracts, 607 (53%) achieved full publication at 4.5 years (mean 1.32 ± 0.88 years). Fifty‐nine percent (357/607) were published in three transplantation journals. For randomized trials, the proportion published was 61%. On multivariate analysis, industry sponsorship (OR 1.78; 95% CI 1.04–3.06), basic science research (OR 1.68; 95% CI 1.32–2.14), non‐American center (OR 1.67; 95% CI 1.28–2.20) and oral presentation (OR 1.36; 95% CI 1.07–1.73) were independent predictors of full publication. Nearly half of all abstracts presented at a transplantation meeting remain unpublished. This finding needs to be considered when interpreting systematic reviews in the field of transplantation.