[Publication rates of presentations which were presented at Turkish National Rhinology Congresses]

This study aims to determine the publication rates of oral presentations and posters presented at Turkish National Rhinology Congresses in the medical journals and to make a comparison with related literature data.

The name and surname of the first authors and the title of presentation presented at 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 were searched using PubMed, Turkmedline and Ulakbim national search engines.

Of the 218 papers presented, 61 (28%) were published. The mean time from presentation at congress to publication was 21.8 months. The mean time to publication for oral presentations was 23.2 months, while it was 20.8 months for poster presentations. The publication rates of oral and poster presentations were 35.8% and 24.5%, respectively, indicating no statistically significant difference between two groups (p=0.08). The publication rate of research articles was statistically significantly higher than that of case reports (20.7% vs. 33.3%; p=0.04).

The publication rate of presentations presented at four Turkish National Rhinology Congresses is lower compared to the previously reported publication rates in otorhinolaryngology. Giving wider publicity to research presentations and being more selective for case reports will provide inclusion of more qualified papers with high possibility of publication and also enhance the scientific value of such congresses.