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. 2012 Apr;53(4):280-4.
doi: 10.4111/kju.2012.53.4.280. Epub 2012 Apr 18.

Fate of abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the korean urological association

Jae Hoon Chung  1 , Riccardo Autorino, Dong Hyuk Kang, Joo Yong Lee, Hong Sang Moon, Hong Yong Choi, Seung Wook Lee
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Fate of abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the korean urological association

Jae Hoon Chung et al. Korean J Urol. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

Purpose: The acceptance rate for journal publication of the abstracts presented at the annual Korean Urological Association (KUA) meeting, the time to publication, and the effect of abstract characteristics on the publication pattern were analyzed and compared with data for abstracts from other major urological meetings.

Materials and methods: A total of 1,005 abstracts listed in the abstract books of the 2006 (58th) and 2007 (59th) annual KUA meetings were analyzed, and their subsequent publication as listed in PubMed or KoreaMed between August 2006 and August 2011 was evaluated.

Results: A total of 41.59% of abstracts were published as full-length reports. Abstracts on sexual dysfunction, neurourology, prostate cancer, basic research, and benign prostatic hyperplasia showed the highest publication rates (54%, 52.27%, 48%, 47.56%, and 45%, respectively). It took 19.01±12.83 months on average for abstracts to be published in a journal, whereas it took 25.24±14.64 months and 17.51±11.89 months for publication in foreign and Korean journals, respectively (p<0.001).

Conclusions: Approximately 40% of studies presented as abstracts at the KUA meeting are subsequently published as full-length articles. The KJU is the most targeted journal. The mean time to publication is 1.5 years, and publication seems to be influenced by the study subject.

Keywords: Abstracts; Journal article; Peer review, research.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Figures

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FIG. 1
Gehan's generalized Wilcoxon analysis of the publication rate as the time elapsed after the abstracts were presented (A) and the publication rate in domestic and foreign journals (B).
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FIG. 2
Journals in which abstracts of the KUA annual meeting were published. KJU, Korean Journal of Urology; INJ, International Neurourology Journal; KJA, Korean Journal of Anesthesiology; JKMS, Journal of Korean Medical Science; J Urol, The Journal of Urology; J Sex Med, Journal of Sexual Medicine; BJUI, British Journal of Urology International; IJU, International Journal of Urology; YMJ, Younsei Medical Journal; Urol Int, Urologia Internationalis; etcs, other urology journals; Others, non-urology journals.
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