title: Analysis of publication status of abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the korean academy of rehabilitation medicine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze publication rate, time to publication and the characteristics of the abstracts presented at the annual Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM) meetings.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1,027 abstracts presented at the 2008 and 2009 annual KARM meetings were enrolled in the database and searched for their subsequent citation in PubMed, KoreaMed, and Google Scholar.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data analysis revealed that 317 (30.87%) abstracts, were published as full-length journal articles and publication rates by subject were not significantly different. The mean time to publication was 17.17±10.48 months, and the journals written in English (20.39±10.20) required a longer duration than those written in Korean (11.94±8.44) with statistical significance (p<0.001). There was no statistical difference (p=0.284) in the duration between domestic (17.61±10.37) and foreign (16.48±10.51) of the 220 domestic journal articles, 190 (86.76%) were published in the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine and the 97 articles published in foreign journals were scattered over 60 different journals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The publication rate of abstracts presented at the 2008 and 2009 annual KARM meetings was 30.87% and the mean time to publication was 17.17±10.48 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Kuk
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jun Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hyun Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jiwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jong Moon
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Shin Kyoung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Abstracts; Journal article; Publications; Rehabilitation