Archivos argentinos de pediatría
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Arch Argent Pediatr · Dec 2014
Full-text publication of abstracts presented at meetings of a Latin American scientific society.
To estimate the proportion of abstracts presented at meetings of the Latin American Society for Pediatric Research that are fully-published, to describe the reasons for not publishing papers, and to assess the impact of funding on the publication rate. ⋯ 58.6% of abstracts presented at meetings of the Latin American Society for Pediatric Research, were published as full-text articles; lack of time was the most common reason for failure to publish. Funded research had more chances of being published.