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. 2013 Jun;37(3):413-9.
doi: 10.5535/arm.2013.37.3.413. Epub 2013 Jun 30.

Analysis of publication status of abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the korean academy of rehabilitation medicine

Jae Kuk Lim  1 , Jun Young Han, Hyun Cheol Lee, Jiwon Lee, Hong Chung, Jong Moon Kim, Shin Kyoung Kim
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Analysis of publication status of abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the korean academy of rehabilitation medicine

Jae Kuk Lim et al. Ann Rehabil Med. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze publication rate, time to publication and the characteristics of the abstracts presented at the annual Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM) meetings.

Methods: A total of 1,027 abstracts presented at the 2008 and 2009 annual KARM meetings were enrolled in the database and searched for their subsequent citation in PubMed, KoreaMed, and Google Scholar.

Results: The data analysis revealed that 317 (30.87%) abstracts, were published as full-length journal articles and publication rates by subject were not significantly different. The mean time to publication was 17.17±10.48 months, and the journals written in English (20.39±10.20) required a longer duration than those written in Korean (11.94±8.44) with statistical significance (p<0.001). There was no statistical difference (p=0.284) in the duration between domestic (17.61±10.37) and foreign (16.48±10.51) of the 220 domestic journal articles, 190 (86.76%) were published in the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine and the 97 articles published in foreign journals were scattered over 60 different journals.

Conclusion: The publication rate of abstracts presented at the 2008 and 2009 annual KARM meetings was 30.87% and the mean time to publication was 17.17±10.48 months.

Keywords: Abstracts; Journal article; Publications; Rehabilitation.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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Fig. 1
The titles of journals and the number of articles registered therein are shown. Most articles published in domestic journals were concentrated in the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (Ann Rehabil Med), whereas articles published in foreign journals were scattered over various journals.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
On the survival graph, no significant difference between domestic and foreign journals was shown (p=0.284). Analyzing methods was Gehan's generalized Wilcoxon test.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
The publication duration of the journals written in English was longer than that of the journals written in Korean on the survival graph (p<0.001). Analysis methods were Gehan's generalized Wilcoxon test.
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