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. 2013 Apr;29(2):216-20.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.111727.

Presentation of research in anesthesia: Culmination into publication?

Asha Tyagi  1 , Vanya Chugh, Surendra Kumar, Ashok K Sethi
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Presentation of research in anesthesia: Culmination into publication?

Asha Tyagi et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

Background: To assess the quality of research presentations made in conferences, its success or failure to be published in a peer-reviewed journal is a well-accepted marker. However, there is no data regarding the publication of research presentations made in Indian conferences of anesthesiology.

Objective: The primary objective was to determine publication rate of research presented at the largest and best attended national conference in anesthesiology, the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists' Conference (ISACON), and also compare it with the rate from an international conference American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA annual meeting) held in the same year.

Materials and methods: All 363 abstracts presented as poster or podium presentations at the ISACON, and an equal number of randomly selected abstracts presented at ASA annual meeting were searched on Pubmed and Google Scholar for their full-text publications in peer-reviewed journals using a standardized search strategy. As secondary observations, abstracts were assessed for completeness by noting certain components central to research methodology. Also, changes between abstract of the presentation and published paper were noted with respect to certain components.

Results: The publication rate of presentations at ISACON and ASA meetings was 5% and 22%, respectively. The abstracts from ISACON lacked central components of research such as methods and statistical tests. The commonest change in the full-text publications as compared with the original abstract from both conferences was a change in authorship.

Conclusion: Steps are required to augment full-text publication of Indian research, including a more rigorous peer review of abstracts submitted to ISACON to ensure their completeness.

Keywords: Abstract-publication ratio; presentations in anesthesia; publication rate; research.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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