Publication outcomes of abstracts presented at the Argentine Congress of Rheumatology

Abstract

Objective: To analyse the outcome of scientific abstracts submitted to the Argentine Congress of Rheumatology (ACOR) in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015.

Methods: Every abstract submitted to the ACOR was analysed. The number of these manuscripts published was determined through Google Scholar and PubMed searches. The impact of the scientific journals was established through the SCImago Journal (SJR) indicator.

Results: Considering the 727 abstracts evaluated, 10.2% of the articles were found in journals indexed by Google Scholar, and 6.6% in PubMed: 4.7% were published in 2000, 9.4% in 2005, 14.6% in 2010, and 11.9% in 2015 (Log Rank test 0.008), with a statistically significant increase between 2010 and 2015 compared to 2000 (HR 3.3; 95% CI 1.5-7; p 0.002 and HR 2.9; CI 1.4-6.3; p 0.005 respectively). The median SJR of the journals was 0.46 and 67.6% had SJR available.

Conclusions: The publication rate was low, and only a few articles were published in the most prestigious journals within the speciality.

Keywords: Abstract presentation; Annual meeting; Argentina; Congreso de Reumatología; Peer-reviewed publication; Presentación de resúmenes; Publicación revisada por pares; Reumatología; Rheumatology.