title: Fate of abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the korean urological association.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The acceptance rate for journal publication of the abstracts presented at the annual Korean Urological Association (KUA) meeting, the time to publication, and the effect of abstract characteristics on the publication pattern were analyzed and compared with data for abstracts from other major urological meetings.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1,005 abstracts listed in the abstract books of the 2006 (58th) and 2007 (59th) annual KUA meetings were analyzed, and their subsequent publication as listed in PubMed or KoreaMed between August 2006 and August 2011 was evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 41.59% of abstracts were published as full-length reports. Abstracts on sexual dysfunction, neurourology, prostate cancer, basic research, and benign prostatic hyperplasia showed the highest publication rates (54%, 52.27%, 48%, 47.56%, and 45%, respectively). It took 19.01±12.83 months on average for abstracts to be published in a journal, whereas it took 25.24±14.64 months and 17.51±11.89 months for publication in foreign and Korean journals, respectively (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Approximately 40% of studies presented as abstracts at the KUA meeting are subsequently published as full-length articles. The KJU is the most targeted journal. The mean time to publication is 1.5 years, and publication seems to be influenced by the study subject.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Autorino
authors.forename: Dong Hyuk
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Joo Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hong Sang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Hong Yong
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee