title: From Poster Presentation to Publication: National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aims of this study were as follows: 1) to determine publication rate, time to publication, and study design of poster presentations accepted at the National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NCCAP) and converted to publication and the degree of first author in a published article and journal index and 2) to investigate the relationship of these data with each other.
  
  
  METHODS
  The poster presentations of four congresses organized between 2005 and 2008 were investigated separately. The presentations were screened by taking into account the title and the first and second author in English and Turkish languages via PubMed and Google Academic databases. Published studies, time between presentation and publishing date, study design, degree of first author, and journal index of these studies were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-four (25.2%) of 214 poster presentations were published in international and national peer-reviewed journals. Of the published articles, 74.1% (n=40) were research type and 61.1% (n=33) were found in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) peer-reviewed journals. The first author in 42.6% (n=23) of published articles were assistant professors. The average time between presentation and publishing date was 30.72±18.89 months. Statistical differences were not determined between publication rate and study design; between time to publication and study type/study design, degree of first author, and journal index; and between journal index and study design and degree of first author (p>0.05). It was found that research articles were published significantly more by teaching staff than experts and other researchers (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared with literature data, it was found that the time to publication was longer while the publication rate was similar for poster presentations in our congresses. Based on these results, it is important to create necessary conditions and encourage the researchers to publish the poster presentations presented in NCCAP.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Caner
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, İstanbul University, Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaya Mutlu
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Güven
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kiliçoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Maltepe University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Yorbik
keywords: Poster presentation; child adolescent psychiatry; congress; publication rate