Manuscript publication of abstracts presented at gynecologic surgery societies' annual meetings

To study characteristics and identify factors associated with full manuscript publication of oral abstracts presented at gynecologic surgery societies' annual meetings.

We reviewed all oral abstracts presented at four major gynecologic surgery meetings in 2018. Oral abstracts subsequently published as peer-reviewed manuscripts were compared to those that were not published. Descriptive statistical analysis and multivariable regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with peer-reviewed manuscript publication.

A total of 396 oral presentation abstracts from the four nationally recognized gynecologic societies were identified. The overall journal publication rate was 47.4% (188/396). The rate of publication of oral abstracts was 35.1% (72/205) for those presented at AAGL, 73.8% (62/84) for AUGS, 53.2% (42/79) for SGO and 42.9% (12/28) for SGS. In multivariable regression analysis, last author's H-index [aOR 95% CI 1.02 (1.00-1.03)], academic center affiliation [aOR 95% CI 2.29 (1.20-4.37)], and randomized controlled trials [aOR 95% CI 2.47 (1.12-5.47)] were associated with journal publication. Of the published articles, the median time to publication was 3.0 years [1.0-5.0], the median journal impact factor was 3.9 [1.8-4.8], the median relative citation ratio was 1.0 [0.4-1.9], and the median number of citations per year was 2.0 [1.0-4.1].

In the field of gynecologic surgery, several factors, including the last researcher's H-index, academic affiliation, randomized controlled trial design and type of societal meeting are associated with increased odds of an oral abstract ultimately reaching full manuscript peer-reviewed publication. These findings can serve researchers in the fields of gynecologic surgical subspecialties.