Hiroyuki Takaoka MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Nobusada Funabashi MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Naoko Mizuno, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Koya Ozawa MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Yoshio Kobayashi, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

To determine the average journal impact factors of oral and poster abstracts presented at the scientific sessions of the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 95th scientific assembly and annual meeting that achieved publication for each category using Pubmed.

From the 2009 RSNA meeting program (total of 1509 oral abstracts, and 684 poster abstracts), authors’ names and abstract titles were entered into PubMed. Publication consistent with abstract content was confirmed by PubMed in March 2013.  

Percentages of all oral and poster abstracts in the scientific sessions achieving publication were 18.4 and 11.4% and that of oral abstracts was significantly higher than that of poster abstracts. The percentage of oral abstracts achieving publication was significantly higher than the poster abstracts in Breast (26.3 vs 10.0%, P < 0.05), Nuclear Medicine (20.6 vs 3.2%, P < 0.05), Musculoskeletal (29.0 vs 14.0%, P < 0.05), and Radiation Oncology categories (12.7 vs 0.1%, P < 0.05). Even though impact factors were significantly higher for the oral abstracts that achieved publication (3.3 ± 1.8) than for the poster abstracts that achieved publication (2.6 ± 1.3) in all categories (P < 0.04), but there were no significant differences in average Impact factors achieving publication between oral and poster abstracts in each category.  

Although the percentages of oral abstracts to achieve publication were significantly higher than poster abstracts in all, Breast, Nuclear Medicine, Musculoskeletal, and Radiation Oncology categories, both oral and poster abstracts at the 2009 RSNA 95th scientific assembly and annual meeting were similar in achieving publication in terms of average journal impact factor in each category.

Both oral and poster abstracts presented at the scientific sessions of the 2009 RSNA annual meeting were similar in achieving publication in terms of average journal impact factor in each category.

Takaoka, H, Funabashi, N, Mizuno, N, Ozawa, K, Kobayashi, Y, Detailed Comparison of Average Journal Impact Factors of Oral and Poster Abstracts Presented at Scientific Session that Achieved Publication at 2009 Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.  Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, December 1 - December 6, 2013 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2013/13025350.html