Publication rates of podium presentations at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons annual open versus closed meetings 2008 to 2012

Abstract

AimThe purpose of this study was to analyze the publication rate for abstracts presented at podium presentations from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) annual open and closed meetings from 2008 to 2012.Materials and methodsAbstracts accepted as podium presentations for the open and closed meetings from 2008 through 2012 were followed. A search was performed using Google Scholar and PubMed for all published manuscripts. This analysis looks at abstracts categorized based on annual meeting (open versus closed) and by meeting year (2008–2012). Data including publication journal, publication date, and level of evidence were recorded. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, and odds ratios were performed with p < 0.05 significance.ResultsA total of 365 abstracts were accepted to the open and closed annual meetings from 2008 to 2012, with 49% and 51% presented in open and closed forums. A total of 222 (61%) were published within 3-years in peer-reviewed journals. No difference existed in 3-year publication rate between open and closed podium presentation meetings (112/178, 63% open; 110/187, 59% closed; p = 0.4229); however, presentations at closed meetings were more likely to be published after 3-years compared to open meetings (2/178, 2% open; 15/187, 12% closed; p = 0.002). Most common journal of publication was the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) (50%).ConclusionsPodium abstracts presented at the open and closed annual meetings have publication rates of 63% and 59% with overall combined publication rates of 61% from 2008 to 2012. The high publication rate and high impact of publications speak to the exemplary educational value of ASES annual meetings.

Publication Rates of Abstracts Presented at Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Meetings Between 2013 and 2016

“…The publication rates in this analysis are comparable to recently published rates of other orthopaedic society podium presentations, from AOSSM and ASES among others. 4,6 The POSNA abstracts include a consistent level of evidence assessment, 8 allowing comparison of publication research quality between podium and poster presentations. Our findings are consistent with the analysis done by Gowd et al 6 that AOSSM abstract podium presentations are significantly more likely to be published in higher-impact factor journals and be cited more frequently.…”

“…These rates are in line with publication rates for abstracts presented at other surgical subspecialty conferences, as well as subspeciality orthopaedic conferences. [2][3][4][5] The 2008 to 2012 American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) annual meetings had a 61% publication rate for podium presentations. 4 The only factor impacting publication of podium or poster presentations from 2011 to 2015 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) conferences was number of co-authors.…”

“…[2][3][4][5] The 2008 to 2012 American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) annual meetings had a 61% publication rate for podium presentations. 4 The only factor impacting publication of podium or poster presentations from 2011 to 2015 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) conferences was number of co-authors. 6 Given the depth and breadth of abstracts presented at POSNA annual meetings, there is value in analyzing trends of presented abstracts that ultimately yield peer-reviewed published literature in pediatric orthopaedics.…”

Analysis of Publication Trends for the 2011-2015 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Abstracts

“…13 Further limitations include the inability to obtain data with regard to number of abstracts submitted each year, although we can extrapolate from other literature that demonstrates a decreasing abstract acceptance rate over time in the general orthopaedic literature. 3,4,7,9,13…”

“…13 Prior studies have demonstrated the rate of publication for abstracts presented at other orthopaedic conferences to range from 40.1% to 61%. 4,5,9,10,22 Additionally, podium presentations have been found to be more impactful than posters, based on a higher publication rate. Sprague et al 19 reported that the most common self-reported barriers to publication 5 years after presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting in 1996 were lack of time to prepare a manuscript, ongoing recruitment for studies, and disputes with coauthors.…”