Publication Rate of Paper Presentations From the Cervical Spine Research Society Annual Meeting. Issue 10 (15th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Okafor, Louis; Frost, Chelsea; Mesfin, Addisu
• Is Part Of: Spine. Volume 40:Issue 10(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-05-15
• Subjects: Spine -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Spine -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Spine -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 616.73005
• DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000838
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0362-2436

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Study Design.</title> <p>Observational study.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Objective.</title> <p>To evaluate the publication rate of podium presentations from the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) annual meeting and to evaluate the publication rate of award-winning papers from the CSRS annual meeting.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Summary of Background Data.</title> <p>Although various publication rates from Orthopaedic meetings have been reported, the publication rates from the CSRS annual meetings are not known.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Methods.</title> <p>Paper presentations and award-winning papers from the 2007 to 2011 annual CSRS meeting were identified. Using PubMed, we searched for publications with a title of the paper presentations or containing the same authors. The publication rate of the award-winning papers was evaluated in the same manner. We collected the title of the journals the papers were published in and identified the most common journals.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Results.</title> <p>Of the 321 podium presentations, 211 were published (65.7%). The publication rate was highest for 2007 abstracts (77.8%), followed by 2008 and 2011 (68.5%) and lowest for 2009 (58.5%). Of the 45 award-winning papers, 35 were published (77.8%), which was significantly different compared with the non–award-winning papers (63.8%, <italic>P</italic> = 0.046). <italic>Spine</italic>, <italic>The Spine Journal</italic>, and <italic>Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine</italic> were the most common publication journals for the papers.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Conclusion.</title> <p>In one of the first studies evaluating the publication rate of podium presentation from the CSRS annual meetings, we found an overall publication rate of 65.8% and 77.8% for award-winning papers. This high publication rate indicates the quality of papers presented at the CSRS annual meeting.</p> <p> <bold>Level of Evidence:</bold> 4</p> </sec> </abstract>