Figure 1.

Fate of studies submitted to the ESC Congress 2006. Overview of submission, acceptance at Congress level, and follow-up for full-text publication, and citation within 2 years following publication. All abstracts were characterized according to a set of pre-specified parameters. Association of these factors with the acceptance at Congress level, with full-text publication, and subsequent citation was assessed by univariable and mutlivariable regression analyses. Percentages refer to the respective preceding level (n). (n* refers to the representative random selection of 10% (1002) of all abstracts submitted (10 020), Ø published, not published; IF, impact factor).