Table 3 Flow 2, from abstract acceptance to subsequent publication. Meta-analyses of meeting characteristics associated with full publication
From: More insight into the fate of biomedical meeting abstracts: a systematic review
Abstract characteristic | Fully published / accepted abstracts | Fully published / accepted abstracts | Odds ratio (95% conf. interval) |
|---|---|---|---|
Topic of research [44, 48, 51, 52, 54, 60] Basic vs clinical | 239/401 (60%) | 1218/2991 (41%) | 2.29 (1.75–2.98) |
Outcome of studies [3, 43, 52, 54, 63, 75] Positive vs negative | 262 / 471 (56%) | 236/515 (46%) | 2.07 (1.58–2.71) |
239/518 (46%) | 212/571 (37%) | 1.53 (1.15–2.03) |