Publication outcomes of neonatology abstracts presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting

Y Levinsky; T Berger; A Brameli; T Goldstein; E Akerman; M Mimouni; F B Mimouni; G Amarilyo

doi:10.1038/jp.2017.46

Publication outcomes of neonatology abstracts presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting

J Perinatol. 2017 Apr 6:881-885. doi: 10.1038/jp.2017.46. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Y Levinsky^{1

2}, T Berger^{1

2}, A Brameli^{1

2}, T Goldstein^{1

2}, E Akerman¹, M Mimouni³, F B Mimouni⁴, G Amarilyo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
² Department of Pediatrics B, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tikva, Israel.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
⁴ Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 28383540
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2017.46

Abstract

Objective: To examine publication outcomes of neonatology abstracts presented at Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) meeting, and to analyze variables affecting publication.

Study design: All neonatology studies accepted for presentation (oral or poster) at 2008 PAS meeting were identified. A biphasic manual PubMed search of published articles was performed using a pre-designed algorithm.

Results: A total of 1078 neonatology abstracts were presented at the meeting, among them 481 (44.62%) published by 2016. Abstracts presented orally versus posters (56.11 versus 42.32%; P<0.001) and basic science versus clinical abstracts (53.08 versus 40.2%; P<0.001) were more likely to be published. Positive or negative results of a study or its sample size did not predict rates of publication.

Conclusions: Less than half of the abstracts presented at the PAS meeting were published within 8 years. Oral presentations were more likely to be published than posters.Journal of Perinatology advance online publication, 6 April 2017; doi:10.1038/jp.2017.46.