Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meetings Consistently Provide Academic Value for Attendees
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) annual meeting abstracts show high publication rates in impactful journals, indicating strong educational value. Podium presentations are published more frequently and in higher-impact journals than posters.
Area Of Science
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) annual meeting abstracts.
- Academic quality assessment of scientific meetings.
Background
- The Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) annual meeting is a key event for disseminating orthopaedic trauma research.
- Assessing the academic quality and impact of presented research is crucial for understanding the meeting's value.
Purpose Of The Study
- To evaluate the academic quality of the OTA annual meeting by analyzing abstract acceptance rates.
- To examine the publication characteristics of abstracts presented at the OTA annual meeting from 2017 to 2021.
Main Methods
- Reviewed abstracts from 2017-2021 OTA annual meeting programs.
- Excluded abstracts with altered methodology, dissimilar results, or missing original first author.
- Analyzed acceptance rates, publication status, study type, level of evidence, and journal impact factor (JIF).
Main Results
- The average abstract acceptance rate was 23±4%, with 69% of accepted abstracts published.
- Within 36 months post-meeting, 78.7% of abstracts were published, with an average JIF of 3.2±5.0.
- Podium presentations had higher publication rates (77.4%) and JIFs (4.1±7.9) compared to posters (64.9%, 2.7±1.3).
Conclusions
- Abstracts from OTA annual meetings demonstrate high subsequent publication rates in reputable journals.
- The findings suggest the OTA annual meeting provides significant educational value and research dissemination.
- Podium presentations are more likely to be published in higher-impact journals than posters, though publication is increasing for both formats.

