title: Full text publication rates of studies presented at an international emergency medicine scientific meeting.
abstract: The publication rate of full text papers following an abstract presentation at a medical conference is variable, and few studies have examined the situation with respect to international emergency medicine conferences. This retrospective study aimed to identify the publication rate of abstracts presented at the 2006 International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) held in Halifax, Canada. The full text publication rate was 33.2%, similar to previous emergency medicine meetings. English language barriers may play a role in the low publication rate seen.
authors.affiliation: Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Jannet W M
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Colin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015706:Bibliometrics; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom