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

Journal of Perinatology volume 37, pages 881–885 (2017)Cite this article

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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.

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  1. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Y Levinsky, T Berger, A Brameli, T Goldstein, E Akerman & G Amarilyo

  2. Department of Pediatrics B, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel,

    Y Levinsky, T Berger, A Brameli, T Goldstein & G Amarilyo

  3. Tel Aviv University, Petah Tikva, Israel

    Y Levinsky, T Berger, A Brameli, T Goldstein & G Amarilyo

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

    M Mimouni

  5. Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    F B Mimouni

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Levinsky, Y., Berger, T., Brameli, A. et al. Publication outcomes of neonatology abstracts presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting. J Perinatol 37, 881–885 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2017.46

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