The North American Menopause Society: from abstract to publication.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) provides a forum through which researchers can present scientific abstracts. After presenting an abstract, the goal is to publish the research as a full-length article. The objective for this study was to determine the publication rate of abstracts presented at NAMS meetings.
DESIGN: The PubMed database was searched for full-length, peer-reviewed publications, corresponding to the abstracts presented at the 1999 to 2003 NAMS meetings. When a full-length article was found, the title, authors, date of publication, and the journal were collected.
RESULTS: Of the 661 abstracts presented at the five consecutive annual meetings, 253 (38.3%) have been published in peer-reviewed journals. The average time to publication was 2.0 +/- 1.5 years. The average time to publication for oral presentations was 1.7 +/- 1.3 years, and that for poster presentations was 2.0 +/- 1.5 years (P = 0.241). The publication rate of oral presentations was significantly greater than that of poster presentations (57.7% vs 36.5%; P < 0.003). Manuscripts were published in a total of 97 journals, with four (Menopause, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Climacteric, and Maturitas) accounting for 38.3% of the publications.
CONCLUSIONS: The percentage of abstracts published by NAMS is within the range and within a similar time frame compared with other scientific meetings. Oral presentations are more likely to be rapidly published and may therefore be of higher interest and clinical relevance along with sound methodology and results. Menopause contained the most manuscripts, demonstrating a possible preference of submission to the Society's journal.
Volume
15
Issue
5
First Page
996
Last Page
1001
ISSN
1530-0374
Published In/Presented At
Schnatz, P. F., Romegialli, A., Abrantes, J., Marakovits, K., Cunningham, D., O'Sullivan, D. M., & North American Menopause Society (2008). The North American Menopause Society: from abstract to publication. Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 15(5), 996–1001. https://doi.org/10.1097/gme.0b013e318166f026
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
18446091
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article