title: Abstracts presented at the European Society for Pediatric Urology (ESPU) meetings (2003-2010): characteristics and outcome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the characteristics and outcome of abstracts presented to the meetings of the European Society for Pediatric Urology (ESPU).
  
  
  METHODS
  Abstract books from 2003 to 2010 were reviewed and subsequent publication of presented abstracts determined by MEDLINE/PubMed search.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 1194 abstracts, 50-78% per year originated from 15 to 20 European countries and 50-22% from 8 to 13 non-European countries; 233 (19%) were basic science and 961 (81%) clinical. Clinical abstracts included 135 (14%) multicenter/prospective/randomized trials. These figures did not change significantly over time. A total of 564 (47%) abstracts were subsequently published, 65% within 1 year of the meeting, mostly in the Journal of Urology (33%) and the Journal of Pediatric Urology (21%). Multicenter/prospective/randomized trials studies (OR 2.03; 95% CI 1.37-2.96) and abstracts originating from outside Europe (OR 1.61; 95% CI 1.26-2.05) were significantly more likely to be subsequently published in full.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ESPU meetings are a true occasion for international exchange of scientific endeavors. Almost half of the abstracts are subsequently published. The Journal of Urology and the Journal of Pediatric Urology are consistently the two major target journals for publication. Non-European countries, irrespective of whether English-speaking or not, seem significantly more likely to publish their abstracts.
authors.affiliation: Section of Paediatric Urology, Urology Unit, University Hospital of Padova, Monoblocco Ospedaliero, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padua, Italy. Electronic address: marcocastagnetti@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castagnetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Ramnath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Robert Debré University Hospital, AP-HP University of Paris VII-Denis Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Ghoneimi
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015706:Bibliometrics; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D010372:Pediatrics; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014572:Urology
keywords: Congresses; Meeting abstracts; Pediatrics; Peer review; Publication rate; Urology