Analysis and publication rate of the presentations at the Turkish National Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery meetings

Year 2014, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 89 - 96, 20.04.2014

Taner Kemal Erdağ Mehmet Durmuşoğlu Ali Oğuz Demir Ersoy Doğan Ahmet Ömer İkiz

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the analysis and publication rates of presentations presented at the Turkish National Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery TNORL and HNS meetings. Materials and Methods: The TNORL and HNS meetings of 2008, 2009 and 2010 were included in the study. The number, subjects, types clinical study, experimental study, case report and institutions of the oral presentations and posters were documented using the abstract CD’s of the meetings. The conversion rate of presentations into the full-text articles in the peer-reviewed journals were reviewed through the search engines Pubmed for the international indexes and Türk Medline and Ulakbim for the national ones. The time from presentation in the meetings to publication was determined. The distribution of journals according to the publication dates of the articles were evaluated in terms of the Science citation index SCI , SCI expanded SCI-E , PubMed and Turkish citation index. Results: The total number of presentations submitted in the three TNORL and HNS meetings was 1,454 and posters accounted for 75.4% of all presentations. While case reports were 53.2% of the total presentations, the ratios were found to be 43% and 3.8% for the research and experimental studies, respectively. Of the oral presentations, 88% included research studies, whereas 70.3% of the posters were case reports. The origin of the presentations was university hospitals, education hospitals, other national institutions, and international institutions with ratios of 51.6%, 44.3%, 3% and 1.1%, respectively. The conversion rate of presentations into the full-text articles was found as 21.9%. The rate was 37.3% for oral presentations and 17% for the posters p=0.00 . For all of the 319 published papers, the overall mean time from presentation to publication was 18.6 months. While 62.7% of the articles were published in international journals, 37.3% were published in national journals. The conversion rate of oral presentations into publications was higher than the posters p=0.00 . Conclusion: The first study related to TNORL and HNS meetings in Turkey revealed that, although the quantity of presentations was high, the rate of conversion into the full-text journal articles was lower compared to the similar international annual meetings held by otorhinolaryngology or other disciplines. The quality and success of our scientific meetings can be enhanced with some particular precautions.

Keywords

Bibliometric, congress, oral presentation, otorhinolaryngology, poster presentation, publication rate

Türk Ulusal Kulak Burun Boğaz ve Baş Boyun Cerrahisi Kongre bildirilerinin analizi ve yayımlanma oranları

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada Türk Ulusal Kulak Burun Boğaz ve Baş Boyun Cerrahisi TKBB ve BBC kongrelerinde sunulan bildirilerin analizi ve yayın oranları değerlendirildi.Gereç ve Yöntemler: 2008, 2009 ve 2010 yıllarının TKBB ve BBC kongreleri çalışmaya alındı. Kongrelerin bildiri özet CD’lerinden sözlü bildiriler ile posterlerin sayıları, konuları, tipleri klinik araştırma, deneysel çalışma, olgu sunumu ve çalışmanın yapıldığı kurumların dökümü yapıldı. Hakemli dergilerde makaleye dönüştürülen bildiriler uluslararası düzeyde Pubmed arama motoru, ulusal düzeyde ise Türk Medline ve Ulakbim ulusal veri tabanı arama motorları kullanılarak araştırıldı. Bildirilerin kongrelerde sunulmaları ile yayımlanmaları arasında geçen süre saptandı. Science citation index SCI , genişletilmiş SCI SCI-E , PubMed ve Türkiye atıf dizini göz önüne alınarak, makalelerin yayımlanma tarihlerine göre dergilerin dağılımları belirlendi.Bulgular: Üç TKBB ve BBC kongresinde sunulan bildirilerin toplam sayısı 1454 idi ve posterler tüm bildirilerin %75.4’ünü oluşturuyordu. Olgu sunumları tüm bildirilerin %53.2’sini oluştururken, araştırma ve deneysel çalışmalar için oranlar sırası ile %43 ve %3.8 idi. Sözlü bildirilerin %88’inin araştırma çalışmalarını içerdiği, posterlerin %70.3’ünün olgu sunumları olduğu belirlendi. Bildirilerin kaynakları sırası ile %51.6, %44.3, %3 ve %1.1 oranları ile üniversite hastaneleri, eğitim hastaneleri, diğer ulusal kurumlar ve yurtdışı kurumlar idi. Bildirilerin yayına dönüştürülme oranı %21.9 olarak bulundu. Sözlü bildirilerde oran %37.3, posterlerde ise %17 idi p=0.00 . Yayımlanan 319 makalenin tümü için, sunumdan yayımlanmaya kadar geçen ortalama süre 18.6 aydı. Makalelerin %62.7’si uluslararası, %37.3’ü ise ulusal dergilerde yayımlanmıştı. Sözel bildirilerin yayına dönüştürülme oranı posterlerden fazla idi p=0.00 .Sonuç: Ülkemizde TKBB ve BBC kongreleri ile ilgili yapılan ilk çalışmada, bildiri sayısının fazla olmasına karşın, bildirilerin yayına dönüştürülme oranının benzer uluslararası otorinolarengoloji ve diğer disiplinlerin yıllık toplantıları ile karşılaştırıldığında düşük olduğu görüldü. Bilimsel toplantılarımızın kalite ve başarısı bazı özel önlemler ile artırılabilir

Keywords

Bibliyometri, kongre, sözlü bildiri, kulak burun boğaz, poster, yayımlanma oranı

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