An 8-year longitudinal analysis of UK ophthalmic publication rates
| Autor: | H D J Hogg, Francisco C Figueiredo, Arthur Okonkwo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Biomedical Research Abstracting and Indexing law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Internal medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Publishing business.industry Hazard ratio Follow up studies Congresses as Topic United Kingdom Ophthalmology Bibliometrics Clinical Study 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Academic Training business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Eye. 30:1433-1438 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5454 0950-222X |
| Popis: | Purpose44.5% of abstracts presented at biomedical conferences are published. 26.5% of abstracts presented are basic science. The 2005 Walport Report reformed clinical academic training in the United Kingdom (UK) to promote trainee research. This study aims to analyse UK Ophthalmology research output following the reconstruction of clinical academic training.Patients and Methods1862 abstracts presented at The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' (RCOphth) Annual Congress from May 2005-May 2012 were examined using PubMed. Publication trends were analysed using SPSS v22 (IBM), using Spearman's rank coefficient and Mann-Whitney U test.Results44 (2.4%) abstracts were randomized controlled trials (RCTs), 88 (4.7%) basic science, and 231 (12.4%) oral presentations. 486 (26.6%) abstracts were published to a mean impact factor (IF) of 2.39 (95% CI 2.21-2.57). Mean time to publication from presentation was 15.17 (13.88-16.48) months, negatively correlating with IF (r=-0.149, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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