Publication rate of presentation abstracts presented at the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA/ABSC) annual meetings from 2004-2009

Shaw-Daigle, Christine; Szwajcer, Andrea

doi:10.1108/pmm-07-2016-0034

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“…A systematic review of medical and health care research found that time was the most frequently reported reason, followed by lack of resources, publication not a goal, low priority, and trouble with coauthors [ 5 ]. These reasons are similar to those reported in the LIS literature; time and not intended for publication were the primary reasons reported by presenters at MLA and CHLA conferences [ 8 , 9 ]. Authors at these conferences also reported that they did not publish because their work was not substantial enough [ 8 , 9 ].…”

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“…This ranges from 13% at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference in 1999 to 32% at The International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics [6,7]. The publication rate for medical library conferences appears to be in-between-28% for Medical Library Association (MLA) conferences in 2002 and 2003 and 32% for Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) conferences between 2004 and 2009 [8,9]. Many factors contribute to authors' decisions on whether or not to turn a conference presentation into a full-text article.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Authors at these conferences also reported that they did not publish because their work was not substantial enough [8,9]. Compared to scientific conferences, LIS conferences are practice-based and more often feature successful projects, best practices, or technical content that the authors may feel are not suited for publication [6][7][8][9]. The conferences analyzed by Cochrane were primarily research based [5].…”

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The publication fate of abstracts presented at the Medical Library Association conferences

Hinrichs

Ramirez

Ameen

2021

jmla

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Objective: We sought to determine how many abstracts presented at the 2012 and 2014 Medical Library Association (MLA) annual conferences were later published as full-text journal articles and which features of the abstract and first author influence the likelihood of future publication. To do so, we replicated a previous study on MLA conference abstracts presented in 2002 and 2003. The secondary objective was to compare the publication rates between the prior and current study.Methods: Presentations and posters delivered at the 2012 and 2014 MLA meetings were coded to identify factors associated with publication. Postconference publication of abstracts as journal articles was determined using a literature search and survey sent to first authors. Chi-squared tests were used to assess differences in the publication rate, and logistic regression was used to assess the influence of abstract factors on publication.Results: The combined publication rate for the 2012 and 2014 meetings was 21.8% (137/628 abstracts), which is a statistically significant decrease compared to the previously reported rate for 2002 and 2003 (27.6%, 122/442 abstracts). The odds that an abstract would later be published as a journal article increased if the abstract was multi-institutional or if it was research, specifically surveys or mixed methods research.Conclusions: The lower publication rate of MLA conference abstracts may be due to an increased number of program or nonresearch abstracts that were accepted or a more competitive peer review process for journals. MLA could increase the publication rate by encouraging and enabling multi-institutional research projects among its members.

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Ramirez

Ameen

2021

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“…There are also numerous articles which describe the level, context, and environment in which librarians conduct their research and scholarship (Harrington & Gerolami, 2014;Pickton, 2016;Shaw & Szwajcer, 2016). Much of the research to date has focused on institutional context.…”

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“…Much of the research to date has focused on institutional context. Within these articles, authors often address the challenges that librarians face when conducting research and the barriers that may prevent them from being productive researchers (Black & Leysen, 1994;Brown, 2001;Fox, 2007;Kennedy & Brancolini, 2012;Lessick et al, 2016;O'Brien & Cronin, 2016;Powell, Baker & Mika, 2002;Shaw & Szwajcer, 2016;Spring, Doherty, Boyes, & Wilshaw, 2014). Commonly noted challenges and barriers include time constraints, lack of support, and lack of research training or experience.…”

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Understanding Factors that Encourage Research Productivity for Academic Librarians

Hoffmann¹,

Berg²,

Koufogiannakis³

2017

EBLIP

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Objective -This project identifies the factors that contribute to the success of librarians as active researchers. Research success is generally aligned with productivity and output, and the authors are therefore interested in understanding the factors that encourage research productivity. This fills a gap in the literature on librarians as researchers, which has tended to focus on barriers rather than enablers.Methods -For this quantitative study, we distributed an online survey to 1,653 potential participants across Canada and received 453 usable responses for a 27% response rate. The Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2017, 12.4 103 survey asked participants to report their research outputs and to answer questions that addressed three categories of factors: Individual Attributes, Peers and Community, and Institutional Structures and Supports. We then statistically analyzed participant responses in order to identify relationships between the research output variables (weighted output score and number of peer-reviewed articles) and the three categories, the factors within those categories, and the constituent components.Results -Participants' research output consisted largely of presentations, non-peer-reviewed articles, peer-reviewed articles, and posters. All three categories of factors were significantly related to research output, both for a calculated weighted output score and for number of peerreviewed articles. All of the factors identified within those categories were also significant when tested against weighted output score, but Intrinsic Motivations was not a significant factor when tested against number of peer-reviewed articles. Several components of factors were also not significant for number of peer-reviewed articles. Age was the only significant component of Demographics. Three components of Education and Experience were significant: whether participants had received research training after completing their MLIS, whether they were working on an advanced degree, and the institution where they had obtained their MLIS.Conclusions -Research productivity is significantly impacted by all three categories: Individual Attributes, Peers and Community, and Institutional Structures and Supports. Fostering an environment that focuses on all of these areas will be most likely to promote research output for librarians. At the same time, this study's findings point to particular aspects that warrant further investigation, such as the nature and effect of institutional support and librarians' motivations for doing research.

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Abstracts Presented at the American Chemical Society National Meetings: Analysis of Their Characteristics

Salisbury

Omolewu

Smith

2019

Science & Technology Libraries

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Publication rate of presentation abstracts presented at the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA/ABSC) annual meetings from 2004-2009

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

The publication fate of abstracts presented at the Medical Library Association conferences

The publication fate of abstracts presented at the Medical Library Association conferences

Understanding Factors that Encourage Research Productivity for Academic Librarians

Abstracts Presented at the American Chemical Society National Meetings: Analysis of Their Characteristics

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