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UPJ INSIGHT: Trends in Publication of Oncologic Abstracts Presented at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting: 1997-2017

By: W. Patrick Shibley, MD; Nizar Hakam, MBBS; Jason Lui; Lin Wang, MD; Kevin D. Li; Patrick Low; Alexander Bell, MD; Kevin Chang; Behnam Nabavizadeh, MD; Gregory Amend, MD, FACS; Nathan Shaw, MD; Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS, FACS | Posted on: 01 Aug 2022

Shibley WP, Hakam N, Lui J et al: Trends in publication of oncologic abstracts presented at the American Urological Association annual meeting: 1997-2017. Urol Practl 2022; 9: 340.

Study Need and Importance

The quality of abstracts presented at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting is important, as these findings translate into changes in urological care. The ultimate publication of an abstract as a manuscript allows the clinical message to reach a wider audience after peer review. We assessed the publication rates of oncology-focused abstracts accepted for the AUA Annual Meeting across 2 decades, 1997–2017.

What We Found

A majority of oncology abstracts presented at the AUA Annual Meeting were published (56.3%), with a shorter median time to publication (1.1 years) compared to abstracts presented at other surgical subspecialty conferences, suggesting strong research questions were presented. Despite a 45% increase in journals indexed by MEDLINE® (from 3,874 in 1997 to 5,617 in 2017), the rates and impact factors of eventual publication remained remarkably consistent within our sample throughout the study period (see Figure). However, over the same period, there was a 96% increase in abstracts (from 634 to 1,244). While the overall rate of publication did not increase as we had hypothesized, the increase in abstracts disproportionate to indexed journals suggests that an increasing number of abstracts were published each year to maintain the same publication rate.

Figure. Percentage of abstracts published stratified by year of AUA Annual Meeting (linear trend R2 <0.0001, p=0.996).

Limitations

This study is limited to abstracts published in urologic oncology and only utilized the MEDLINE database to define publication. To identify the same study over time, it was also assumed that the first and last author of the abstract would be included on the eventual manuscript.

Interpretation for Patient Care

Oncology abstracts presented at the AUA Annual Meeting continue to be of high scientific quality, publishing in reputable journals with a wide audience and broad clinical impact. Authors presenting abstracts at the AUA Annual Meeting remain committed to providing timely, validated research on key urologic oncology advancements for patients and providers.

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