Publication Outcomes of Abstracts Presented at Meetings of the American Society of Retina Specialists.

Purpose: To assess the publication outcomes of abstracts presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) meetings and identify characteristics associated with a more favorable publication rate, impact factor, and time to publication.

Methods

We recorded abstract characteristics for abstracts presented at the 2017 and 2018 ASRS meetings and conducted a PubMed search to identify matching publications. We used descriptive statistics, univariate χ2 test, and multivariate logistic and linear regression to analyze outcomes and associations.

Results

Of the 572 analyzed abstracts, 59.6% (341/572) were translated into publications, resulting in a median impact factor of 3.6 and time to publication of 466 days. Oral presentation, sample size greater than 100, and university affiliation for multivariate logistic regression predicted a higher publication rate, with odds ratios of 1.78 (95% CI, 1.19-2.65), 1.57 (95% CI, 1.03-2.38), and 1.56 (95% CI, 1.06-2.30), respectively. In multivariate linear regression, the presenting author holding an MD or DO credential was significantly related to faster time to publication.

Conclusions

The publication rate was 59.6%, with an increased likelihood of publication for those with a university affiliation, sample size greater than 100, or oral presentation type.