title: Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Scientific Meetings: How Many Abstracts Go on to Publication?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the percentage of abstracts presented at the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) annual scientific meetings that go on to publication.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of previous CAR meetings from the years 2005-2011 were obtained. An Internet search was performed to determine which abstracts went on to publication. Abstracts were assessed according to exhibit category (Resident Award Papers), educational institution, publishing journal, and time to publication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 402 abstracts presented, 112 (28%) were published. Overall, an average of 37% of Radiologists-In-Training Presentations, 34% of Scientific Exhibits, and 20% of Educational Exhibits went on to publication. The University of British Columbia and University of Ottawa published the largest number of abstracts (66 and 62, respectively) from the years 2005-2011. The University of Montreal had the largest percentage of abstracts published (42%). The range of publishing journals was wide, but the top publisher was the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal (27%). Eighty-three percent of abstracts were published within 3 years of being presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In total, 28% of all the abstracts presented at the CAR conferences between 2005 and 2011 were published. Further exploration into the reasons and barriers for abstracts not being published may be a next step in future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Electronic address: dmd776@mail.usask.ca.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dressler
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leswick
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015706:Bibliometrics; D002170:Canada; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011871:Radiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013995:Time; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Abstracts; Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Scientific Meetings; Conference; Publication rate; Radiology; Retrospective review