title: [Full-text publication of abstracts presented at the 33th Argentinean pediatric meeting and non publication related factors].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is no information about non publication of research presented at scientific meetings in Argentina. We analyzed the full-text publication rate of abstracts presented at the 33° Argentinean Pediatric Congress (APC), time to achieve publication, and factors associated with publication or non-publication.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey-based cross-sectional study, including authors of abstracts presented at the 33° APC. The survey included age, gender, specialty and sub-specialty, professional area and reason of publication or non-publication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We randomly selected 140/894 presented abstracts. Only 16 abstracts (11.4%) were subsequently published in full, requiring 27±15 months. There were no association between full-text publication and author's characteristics. "Oral presentations" were more likely to be subsequently published (p= 0.018). In non published abstracts, 95% were not submitted by the author, more frequently because of "lack of time" (35.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only 11.4% of abstracts were subsequently published in full. Oral presentation was associated with a higher publication rate. Most frequent cause for non-publication was non submission due to lack of time.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina. daniela.canosa@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Canosa
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melamud
authors.forename: Paula D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Otero
authors.forename: Raúl S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Merech
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ceriani Cernadas
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001118:Argentina; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D010372:Pediatrics; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*