title: Factors Affecting Subsequent Full-text Publication of Papers Presented at the Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the factors associated with the subsequent (over next 9 years) full-text publication of papers presented at the 44th National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (PEDICON), 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  All papers presented at PEDICON 2007 were searched for subsequent full-text publication over the next 9 years in English-language journals by an internet-based search. The published papers were compared with the conference-abstracts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  74 (16%) of the 450 abstracts presented were subsequently published; 61 (82.4%) in Medline-indexed journals. Majority (50, 67.6%) of the papers was published within the first 36 mo in journals with mean (SD) impact factor of 2.62 (1.63). The factors significantly associated with subsequent publication were papers presented as award papers (P<0.001), those reporting on Interventional trials (P<0.001), and those from medical colleges (P<0.05). On comparison of the conference abstracts with the subsequently published full-papers, 55% had a change in title; authors were changed in 65%, and participants' numbers were dissimilar in 8.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need to identify the factors responsible for this low rate of subsequent publication, and interventions to improve it both at institutional and researchers' level.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics; Maulana Azad Medical College, *ESI Hospital and Medical College, Basai Darapur, and #Lady Harding Medical College; New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Ruchi Mishra, Specialist, Department of Pediatrics, ESI Hospital and Medical College, Basai Darapur, Delhi, India. mishraruchi11@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sumaira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: Devendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Shalu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing; D012955:Societies, Medical