Emergency medicine (Fremantle, W.A.)
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Emerg Med (Fremantle) · Dec 2001
Comparative StudyAbstract to publication ratio for papers presented at scientific meetings: how does emergency medicine compare?
The aims of the present study were to determine the publication rate of abstracts presented by Australasian emergency physicians at major emergency medicine meetings and to identify the site of publication of papers. ⋯ The abstract to publication rate for papers presented by Australasian emergency physicians and trainees at Australasian College for Emergency Medicine/Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine and International Conference on Emergency Medicine meetings is 35%, which is lower than that reported by some other established specialities, but comparable to rates reported for US-based national and international emergency medicine meetings. Future research should look at barriers to the publication of findings and ways to assist the publication process.