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. 2018 Nov 20;2018(11):MR000005. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000005.pub4

2.2. Analysis.

Comparison 2 Time to publication, Outcome 2 Mean or median time to publication.

Mean or median time to publication
Study Number of abstracts (meeting) Mean (months) Standard Deviation Median (months) Range (months) 95 % Confidence Interval (months)
Abicht 2012 825 (overall; 1999 to 2008 American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons)
20 (1999 meeting)
35 (2000 meeting)
37 (2001 meeting)
52 (2002 meeting)
59 (2003 meeting)
74 (2004 meeting)
107 (2005 meeting)
142 (2006 meeting)
150 (2007 meeting)
149 (2008 meeting)
17.6 (overall)
4.8 (1999 meeting)
2.9 (2000 meeting)
19.2 (2001 meeting)
17.9 (2002 meeting)
23 (2003 meeting)
24.1 (2004 meeting)
20.8 (2005 meeting)
22.2 (2006 meeting)
12.7 (2007 meeting)
13.4 (2008 meeting)
    ‐46 to 75 (overall)
‐12 to 40 (1999 meeting)
‐14 to 16 (2000 meeting)
6 to 34 (2001 meeting)
1 to 46 (2002 meeting)
3 to 75 (2003 meeting)
6 to 60 (2004 meeting)
‐46 to 72 (2005 meeting)
‐24 to 54 (2006 meeting)
‐7 to 33 (2007 meeting)
‐22 to 30 (2008 meeting)
 
Abzug 2014 1127 (overall; 2000 to 2005 American Society for Surgery )
249 (2000 meeting)
183 (2001 meeting)
177 (2002 meeting)
150 (2003 meeting)
192 (2004 meeting)
176 (2005 meeting)
25.2 (overall)
28.8 (2000 meeting)
27.6 (2001 meeting)
31.2 (2002 meeting)
25.2 (2003 meeting)
20.4 (2004 meeting)
19.2 (2005 meeting)
       
Acevedo 2014 1972 (2000 to 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, European Society of Medical Oncology, European Cancer Organization, and American Society for Radiation Oncology)       0 to 96
12 to 24 (IQR)
 
Adhikari 2011 1479 (1999 to 2008 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine & American College of Emergency Physicians) 20.4 (emergency ultrasound)
22.8 (emergency medical services)
21.6 (toxicology)
      4.8 to 36 (emergency ultrasound)
6 to 39.6 (emergency medical services)
3.1 to 40.1 (toxicology)
Akbari‐Kamrani 2008 198 (2000 to 2003 American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery) 57       52 to 61
Al‐Qaoud 2013 439 (2000 to 2010 Quebec Urological Association) 19.5        
Allart 2013 231 (2008 Société Française de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation) 18.4 14 21    
Allart 2015 779 (2008 European Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine) 12 15.7 11    
Amarilyo 2013 2149 (2006 American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals) 15.8 18.3 16 ‐9 to 51
1.75 to 29.5 (IQR)
 
Amirhamzeh 2012 762 (2002 to 2006 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America) 29.4 (2002 meeting)
26.8 (2003 meeting)
26.3 (2004 meeting)
22.7 (2005 meeting)
18.8 (2006 meeting)
       
Arap 2014 195 (2001 to 2007 American Urological Association)     18.8    
Arora 2012 191 (International Society of Paediatric Oncology ‐ only abstracts by authors from India))
13 (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
275 (International Society of Paediatric Oncology (only from UK))
20 (International Society of Paediatric Oncology ‐ only abstracts by authors from India))
24 (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
31 (International Society of Paediatric Oncology (only from UK))
    ‐1 to 95 (International Society of Paediatric Oncology (only abstracts by authors from India))  
Autorino 2006 1100 (2001 and 2002 World Congress of Endourology) 14.6     40 (maximum)  
Autorino 2007 1406 (2000 and 2001 European Association of Urology) 8.7 4.2      
Autorino 2008 1877 (2002 to 2004 Société Internationale d'Urologie) 13     1 to 45  
Autorino 2010 94 (2004 to 2006 World Congress of Endourology) 16.4 13.2      
Bagheri 2005 446 (1997 to 1999 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons) 23.4 16.2   1 to 72  
Balasubramanian 2006 241(1997 Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland)     18 11 to 27 (IQR)  
Beker‐Acay 2015 3192 (2010 to 2012 Turkish National Radiology) 15     0 to 42  
Bello 2013 75 (2007 to 2010 Nigerian Association of Urological Surgeons)     15 2 to 40  
Bergoli 2011 140 (2001 Brazilian Society of Oral Research) 24.1        
Bhandari 2002 465 (1996 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons) 17.6 12 14 1 to 56  
Bhasin 2007 106 (2001 and 2002 Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland) 11   12 7 to 18 (IQR)  
Blackwell 2009 90 (2000 to 2002 Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine)     19 4 to 66  
Bolac 2009 540 (1999 to 2004 Journées Dermatologiques de Paris) 20.3 16.9 17 0 to 90  
Bonitz 2011 284 (2006 and 2007 ASRM)     16 10 to 28  
Bowrey 1999 496 (1983 to 1995 Welsh Surgical Society)     17 24 to 168
10.0 to 27.5 (IQR)
 
Brazzelli 2009 160 (1995 to 2004 International Stroke Conference and European Stroke Conference) 20   16    
Buchan 2011 179 (2004 Royal College of Ophthalmologists) 20.1       16.9 to 23.4
Burden 2014 112 (2003 to 2012 South Yorkshire Regional Gastroenterology) 12.8 (abstracts ranked within 'top 3' of each meeting)
19.3 (abstracts not ranked within 'top 3' of each meeting)
       
Bydder 2004 481 (1996 to 1999 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists) 16.5   17    
Byerly 2000 501 (American Society of Health‐System Pharmacists)
 215 (American College of Clinical Pharmacy )     12.8 (1994 American Society of Health‐System Pharmacists)
14.9 (1994 American College of Clinical Pharmacy )
   
Callaham 1998 481 (1991 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) 18        
Camacho 2005 275 (1997 American Society of Clinical Oncology) 29   40.8   33.6 to 45.6
Canosa 2011 140 (2003 Congreso Argentino de Pediatría) 27 15 26 7 to 37  
Carroll 2003 614 (1998 and 1999 Pediatric Academic Society)
160 (oral)
160 (poster)
136 (poster symposium)
158 (rejected)
21.4 (oral)
26.5 (poster)
20.3 (poster symposium)
23.1 (rejected)
11.8 (oral)
12.3 (poster)
11.9 (poster symposium)
12.1 (rejected)
     
Cartwright 2007a 130 (2003 International Continence Society)     11    
Cartwright 2007b 116 (2003 International Urogynecological Meeting)     27    
Castaldi 2015 621 (overall; 2005 to 2007 Italian Society of Hygiene and Public Health)
174 (2005 meeting)
187 (2006 meeting)
260 (2007 meeting)
25.1 (overall)
27.4 (2005 meeting)
30.5 (2006 meeting)
20.2 (2007 meeting)
      22.1 to 28.1 (overall)
20.8 to 34.0 (2005 meeting)
24.6 to 36.4 (2006 meeting)
16.6 to 23.8 (2007 meeting)
Castillo 2000 491 (1992 Congress of the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation) 22     ‐24 to 72  
Castillo 2002 472 (1995 European Society of Anesthesiologists) 16.8 15.6   24 to 60  
Cauchy 2014 897 (2005 to 2012 French Congress of Digestive and Hepato‐biliary Surgery)     16.1 (overall)
16.1 (accepted)
15.1 (rejected)
0 to 67.4 (overall)  
Chan 2013 164 (1997 to 2007 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, American Society of Hematology, and American Society of Clinical Oncology)     37.2    
Chand 2008 2172 (overall; 1999 to 2005 Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand)
253 (1999 meeting)
307 (2000 meeting)
307 (2001 meeting)
279 (2002 meeting)
331 (2003 meeting)
315 (2004 meeting)
380 (2005 meeting)
18.0 (overall)
24.0 (1999 meeting)
19.2 (2000 meeting)
20.4 (2001 meeting)
18.0 (2002 meeting)
15.6 (2003 meeting)
14.4 (2004 meeting)
15.6 (2005 meeting)
all reported as standard error
1.8 (overall)
2.2 (1999 meeting)
1.7 (2000 meeting)
1.6 (2001 meeting)
1.7 (2002 meeting)
1.2 (2003 meeting)
1.2 (2004 meeting)
1.2 (2005 meeting)
     
Chapman 2012 908 (overall; 1997 to 2007 Cochrane Colloquium )
63 (1997 meeting)
58 (1998 meeting)
59 (1999 meeting)
32 (2000 meeting)
85 (2001 meeting)
89 (2002 meeting)
115 (2003 meeting)
113 (2004 meeting)
119 (2005 meeting)
133 (2006 meeting)
92 (2007 meeting)
22.8 (overall)
37.2 (1997 meeting)
26.4 (1998 meeting)
28.8 (1999 meeting)
33.6 (2000 meeting)
26.4 (2001 meeting)
31.2 (2002 meeting)
24.0 (2003 meeting)
18.0 (2004 meeting)
16.8 (2005 meeting)
14.4 (2006 meeting)
19.2 (2007 meeting)
  24 (overall)
36 (1997 meeting)
24 (1998 meeting)
24 (1999 meeting)
36 (2000 meeting)
24 (2001 meeting)
30 (2002 meeting)
24 (2003 meeting)
24 (2004 meeting)
12 (2005 meeting)
12 (2006 meeting)
12 (2007 meeting)
   
Cheng 1998 178 (Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis Trials Register)     18 (derived from Kaplan Meier survival table)    
Chung 2012 1005 (2006 and 2007 Korean Urological Association) 19.0 12.8      
Chung 2012a 1176 (2005 to 2007 Spring and Fall meetings of the Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons) 15.0        
Ciesla 2001 257 (1998 International Academy of Pathology ‐ United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, American Society of Cytopathology, and American Society of Clinical Pathologists/College of American Pathologists) 15.8     2 to 26  
Cifuentes 2007 665 (overall; 1999 to 2002 Asociación Espanola para el Estudio del Hígado)
176 (1999 meeting)
159 (2000 meeting)
159 (2001 meeting)
171 (2002 meeting)
20.9 (1999 meeting)
21.5 (2000 meeting)
20.2 (2001 meeting)
21.8 (2002 meeting)
1.1 (1999 meeting)
1.6 (2000 meeting)
1.6 (2001 meeting)
4.0 (2002 meeting)
     
Clemency 2014 635 (2003 to 2005 American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, National Association of EMS Physicians, Association of Air Medical Services, and National Association of EMS Educators) 22.2 16.5   0 to 94  
Cohen 2012 378 (2000 to 2005 Society of Gynecologic Oncologists)     14 1 to 85  
Cohen 2012a 2463 (2000 to 2004 American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery)
1051 (oral)
1413 (poster)
15.5 (oral)
19.1 (poster)
15.0 (oral by female author)
19.4 (posters by female author)
15.6 (oral by male author)
18.6 (posters by male author)
       
Collier 2010 623 (2002 to 2006 British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)     8 1 to 18  
Cornu 2012 226 (2007 Congrès de l’Association Français d’Urologie)     24    
Costa 2009 1620 (2002 ASCO, SABCS, EBCC, and ESMO)     11.6   7.6 to 15.7
Craig 2001 320 (1980 to 1984 British Orthopaedic Association)
 685 (1990 to 1994 British Orthopaedic Association) 21.4 (1980 to 1984 meetings)
 16.8 (1990 to 1994 meetings)     10.3 to 26.3 (overall)  
Dahllof 2008 771 (1999 and 2001 International Association of Paediatric Dentistry) 20 20 18    
Daluiski 1998 888 (overall; 1991 to 1993 Orthopaedic Research Society)
296 (1991 meeting)
 296 (1992 meeting)
 296 (1993 meeting)
    20 (overall)
18 (1991 meeting)
 23 (1992 meeting)
 20 (1993 meeting)
   
Dangouloff‐Ros 2015 744 (2008 to 2010 French Society of Radiology) 21 13.7 18 10 to 29 (IQR)  
Daruwalla 2015 443 (2007 to 2010 and 2011 to 2013 Singapore Orthopaedic Association)     13 ‐73 to 76  
Das 2013 52 (2000 to 2008 American Epilepsy Society)   3 15    
Davies 2002 172 (1997 Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand)     18 ‐36 to 41
9 to 26 (IQR)
 
De Bellefeuille 1992 81 (1984 American Society of Clinical Oncology) 22.8        
de Meijer 2015 2174 (2007 to 2012 Dutch Surgical Society)     25 (accepted)
36 (rejected)
23 (oral)
36 (poster)
  23 to 27 (accepted)
30.1 to 41.9 (rejected)
20.9 to 25.1 (oral)
26.6 to 45.4 (poster)
de Oliveira 2012 348 (2010 Brazilian Congress on Pain) 6.7 3 6.9    
DeMola 2009 558 (1999 to 2004 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery) 31 28      
Dhaliwal 2008 200 (2000 All India Ophthalmological Conference) 22.8 16.4 20 2 to 77  
Dirk 1996 147 (abstracts from anesthesiology department) 32.4     ‐12 to 96  
Doğan 2012 218 overall (2007 to 2010 Turkish National Rhinology
67 (oral)
151 (poster)
21.8 (overall)
23.2 (oral)
20.8 (poster)
       
Drury 2012 282 (2003 to 2007 Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery)     15 ‐24 to 63  
Duchini 1997 2512 (1991 Digestive Diseases Week) 20.4 12      
Durinka 2014 1938 (2009 American Transplant Congress) 16     1 to 49  
Durinka 2014b 335 (2009 American College of Surgeons) 16.8        
Duthie 2012 20 (2007 to 2009 Senior Trainees’ Annual Research Symposium) 20.2     5 to 41  
Dyson 2006 283 (overall; 1990 to 1999 American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists)
33 (1990 meeting )
24 (1991 meeting)
28 (1992 meeting)
26 (1993 meeting)
38 (1995 meeting)
39 (1996 meeting)
30 (1997 meeting)
31 (1998 meeting)
34 (1999 meeting)
24.3 (overall)
39.3 (1990 meeting)
24.8 (1991 meeting)
20.9 (1992 meeting)
23.2 (1993 meeting)
22.9 (1995 meeting)
24.8 (1996 meeting)
20.8 (1997 meeting)
19.4 (1998 meeting)
21.4 (1999 meeting)
21.0 (overall)
33.2 (1990 meeting)
32.6 (1991 meeting)
33.7 (1992 meeting)
21.3 (1993 meeting)
14.4 (1995 meeting)
19.5 (1996 meeting)
16.1 (1997 meeting)
14.3 (1998 meeting)
10.0 (1999 meeting)
     
Elliot 2016 754 (2005 Congress of Neurological Surgeons)     14.8 ‐21.2 to 64.2  
Eloubeidi 2001 451 (1994 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) 20 11.4 17.8 12.7 to 27.9 (IQR)  
Ensom 1998 363 (1992 to 1996 Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists) 11        
Erdağ 2014 1454 (2008 to 2010 Turkish National Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery) 18.6        
Ersoy 2015a 243 (2009 Turkish Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress)
16 (oral)
227 (poster)
13 (oral)
11 (posters)
       
Ersoy 2015b 161 (2008 to 2010 National Gynecology and Obstetrics)
19 (oral)
142 (poster)
17.5
20.9 (oral)
16.2 (poster)
12.5
11.1 (oral)
12.7 (poster)
     
Evans 2015 1496 (2004 to 2007 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Spring and Fall national meetings, and regional meetings: Alcalde, Southwest Leadership, Eastern States, Southeastern Pharmacy Residency, Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident, Midwest Pharmacy Resident, and Western States) 24 15 24 1 to 94  
Evers 2000 151 (1992 to 1997 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)     32.5 0 to 79  
Facione 2007 239 (overall; 2003 to 2006 Société interdisciplinaire francophone d’urodynamique et de pelvipérinéologie 21.6 (2003 meeting)
19.2 (2004 meeting)
13.5 (2005 meeting)
5.6 (2006 meeting)
       
Feldman 2015 1152 (2005 to 2012 Advancing Transfusion and Cellular Therapies Worldwide and American Society for Apheresis)     17 0 to 108  
Fernandes 2008 63 (2001 American College of Sports Medicine, Brazilian authors)
100 (2001 American College of Sports Medicine; random sample)
100 (2001 Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul)
20.2 (2001 American College of Sports Medicine, Brazilian authors)
18.5 (American College of Sports Medicine, random sample)
23.3 (2001 Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul)
20 (2001 American College of Sports Medicine, Brazilian authors)
2.3 (American College of Sports Medicine, random sample)
5.5 (2001 Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul)
12 (2001 American College of Sports Medicine, Brazilian authors)
15 (American College of Sports Medicine, random sample)
12 (2001 Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul)
‐1 to 55 (2001 American College of Sports Medicine, Brazilian authors)
‐1 to 64 (American College of Sports Medicine, random sample)
6 to 48 (2001 Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul)
 
Fernandez 2011 279 (2003 to 2007 Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association) 19 21.6   ‐4 to 78  
Fosbol 2012 27208 (overall; 2006 to 2008 American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and European Society of Cardiology)
11365 ( American Heart Association)
5005 (American College of Cardiology)
10838 (European Society of Cardiology)
    12 (overall)
13 (American Heart Association)
13 (American College of Cardiology)
12 (European Society of Cardiology)
7 to 19 (overall)
7 to 19 (IQR; American Heart Association)
6 to 18 (IQR, American College of Cardiology)
6 to 18 (IQR; European Society of Cardiology)
 
Freeman 2012 90 (overall)
64 (1995 to 2005 American Society of Clinical Oncology)
26 (2004 to 2005 American Association for Cancer Research)
34.8 (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
22.8 (American Association for Cancer Research)
       
Galang 2011 370 (2002 and 2003 American Dental Education Association Annual Session and Exhibitions) 16   10    
Ginzburg 2014 140 (2008 to 2012 Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction) 17.4 12      
Glick 2006 1147 (2000 American Transplant Congress) 15.8 10.6 12    
Goldman 1980 276 (1976 American Federation for Clinical Research, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association for American Physicians, and American College of Cardiology meetings and the 1975 American Heart Association)     14    
Goldman 1982 303 (976 American Federation for Clinical Research, American Society for Clinical Investigation, and Association of American Physicians meetings, and the 1975 American Society of Hematology and American Society of Nephrology)     15    
Gorman 1990 104 (1984 American Association of Poison Control Centers)
 165 (1986 American Association of Poison Control Centers, American Academy of Clinical Toxicologists, American Board of Medical Toxicologists, Canadian Association of Poison Control Centers) 19 (1984 American Association of Poison Control Centers)
12 (1986 American Association of Poison Control Centers, American Academy of Clinical Toxicologists, American Board of Medical Toxicologists, Canadian Association of Poison Control Centers)
  12 (1984 American Association of Poison Control Centers)
 9 (1986 American Association of Poison Control Centers, American Academy of Clinical Toxicologists, American Board of Medical Toxicologists, Canadian Association of Poison Control Centers)    
Gourtaud 2009 443 (2000 and 2001 French Association of Urology) 16.9     65 (maximum)  
Greenberg 2008 239 (2003 Society for Medical Decision Making) 20.5   19 0 to 47 17.6 to 23.3
Gregory 2012 888 (overall)
453 (Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons)
262 (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
173 (American Association of Plastic Surgeons)
22 (overall)
24 (Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons)
19 (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
22 (American Association of Plastic Surgeons)
    1 to 85.9 (overall)
2 to 79.0 (Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons)
1 to 54.3 (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
1 to 85.9 (American Association of Plastic Surgeons)
 
Guryel 2006 415 (overall)
300 (British Orthopaedics Association)
115 (British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Sociey; British Elbow and Shoulder Society)
15.6 (overall)
16.2 (British Orthopaedics Association)
15.3 (British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Sociey; British Elbow and Shoulder Society)
11.1 (overall)
6.1 (British Orthopaedics Association)
9.3 (British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Sociey; British Elbow and Shoulder Society)
14 (overall)
14 (British Orthopaedics Association)
14 (British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Sociey; British Elbow and Shoulder Society)
‐7 to 56 (overall)
‐7 to 56 (British Orthopaedics Association)
1 to 48 (British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Sociey; British Elbow and Shoulder Society)
 
Ha 2008 1097 (2001 and 2002 Korean Radiological Society, Radiological Society of North America, and European Congress of Radiology) 15.8 13.8      
Hajji 2016 270 (2006 to 2012 Société interdisciplinaire Francophone d’Uro‐dynamique et de Pelvi‐périnéologie) 22 15      
Halpern 2002 145 (1994 and 1995 American Society of Anesthesiologists) 28 17      
Hamlet 1997 1465 (1990 to 1992 meetings of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 20        
Harel 2011 300(overall)
100 (2006 National Kidney Foundation)
100 (2006 American Society of Nephrology
100 (2006 Annual European Renal Association ‐ European Dialysis and Transplant Association Congress)
    12 (overall)
13 (National Kidney Foundation)
10 (American Society of Nephrology
12.5 (Annual European Renal Association ‐ European Dialysis and Transplant Association Congress)
6 to 22 (IQR; overall)
7 to 21 (IQR; National Kidney Foundation)
5 to 20 (IQR; American Society of Nephrology)
8 to 22.5 (IQR; Annual European Renal Association ‐ European Dialysis and Transplant Association Congress)
 
Hashkes 2003 331 (986, 1991 and 1998 Park City Pediatric Rheumatology)     24    
Herbison 2004 63 (1998 and 1999 International Continence Society meetings) 19.2 9.6      
Hernández‐Jiménez 2011 1045 (2000 to 2009 Annual Congress of the Sociedad Mexicana de Nutrición y Endocrinología) 25.2 22.8   12 to 108  
Hoag 2006 1584 (2000 American Urological Association) 17        
Hoeg 2009 559 (overall; 1997 to 1998 American Society of Clinical Oncology)
126 (1997 meeting)
177 (1998 meeting)
256 (2001 meeting)
    41 (overall)
33 (1997 meeting)
41 (1998 meeting)
48 (2001 meeting)
  37 to 46
(overall)
Hogan 2009 117 (2000, 2003, and 2006 American Contact Dermatitis Society) 18        
Hopewell 2015 197 (overall)
8 (2010 Infectious Diseases Society of America)
25 (2010 American Thoracic Society)
34 (2010 American Society of Hematology)
57 (2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology)
7 (2010 American Psychiatric Association)
32 (2010 American Heart Association)
8 (2010 American Diabetes Association)
18 (2010 American College of Rheumatology)
    14 (overall)
12.3 (2010 Infectious Diseases Society of America)
11.8 (2010 American Thoracic Society)
15.9 (2010 American Society of Hematology)
15.9 (2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology)
10 (2010 American Society of Anesthesiologists)
17.4 (2010 American Psychiatric Association)
10.9 (2010 American Heart Association)
8.2 (2010 American Diabetes Association)
5.7 (2010 American College of Rheumatology)
6.6 to 20.1 (IQR; overall)
6.5 to 22.9 (IQR; 2010 Infectious Diseases Society of America)
7.6 to 20 (IQR; 2010 American Thoracic Society)
9 to 23.4 (IQR; 2010 American Society of Hematology)
11.9 to 22.9 (IQR; 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology)
5.5 to 14.5 (IQR; 2010 American Society of Anesthesiologists)
0.3 to 26.4 (IQR; 2010 American Psychiatric Association)
4.2 to 19.6 (IQR; 2010 American Heart Association)
2.7 to 20.2 (IQR; 2010 American Diabetes Association)
4.7 to 20.8 (IQR; 2010 American College of Rheumatology)
 
Hussein 2014 367 (2006 to 2011 Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland)     12 12 to 24 (IQR)  
Jackson 2000 777 (1991 to 1994 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America)
349 (accepted)
428 (rejected)
    29 (accepted)
27 (rejected)
   
Jamjoom 2014 273 (2007 to 2012 Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery)     12    
Jamjoom 2015 494 (2001 to 2005 Society of British Neurological Surgeons) 22.8     ‐35 to 133  
Jara‐Tracchia 2010 4137 (2002 to 2003 International Association for Dental Research) 48     36 to 60  
Jasko 2003 336 (1991 to 1992, 1995, 1997 to 1999) Musculoskeletal Tumor Society 21.8 13.5      
Jones 2008 139 (2000 International AIDS Conference) 19   16 ‐2 to 59  
Jones 2014 127 (2009 British Association of Urological Surgeons) 17.2        
Juzych 1991 175 (overall)
100 (1985 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
 75 (1984 American Academy of Ophthalmology)
19.4 (1985 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
 13.0 (1984 American Academy of Ophthalmology)   13 (overall)
18 (1985 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
 11 (1984 American Academy of Ophthalmology)
   
Juzych 1993 327 (1985 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 19.7   17    
Jörgens 2014 493 (2004 European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
317 (accepted)
176 (rejected)
16.5 (accepted)
19.3 (rejected)
12.7 (accepted)
14 (rejected)
     
Kaifi 2013 76 (overall)
40 (Academic Surgical Congress meetings)
36 (Society of University Surgeons)
10 (overall)
13 (Academic Surgical Congress meetings)
11 (Society of University Surgeons)
  12 (overall)
9 (Academic Surgical Congress meetings)
10 (Society of University Surgeons)
0 to 47 (overall)
0 to 47 (Academic Surgical Congress meetings)
0 to 38 (Society of University Surgeons)
 
Kalyoncu 2011 799 (2005 to 2009 Ulusal Romatoloji Kongrelerinin) 15.9 9.9      
Kaya Mutlu 2013 181 (2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 Advances in Physiotherapy Symposiums
18 (2002 meeting)
59 (2004 meeting)
42 (2006 meeting)
62 (2008 meeting)
20.9 (overall)
20.7 (2002 meeting)
22.7 (2004 meeting)
23.8 (2006 meeting)
14.8 (2008 meeting)
16.7 (overall)
11.5 (2002 meeting)
15.9 (2004 meeting)
22.2 (2006 meeting)
11.3 (2008 meeting)
     
Kearney 2012 1005 (1996 to 2005 Sir Peter Freyer Surgical Symposia)     19 0 to 132  
Kim 1998 357 (1994 Korean Orthopaedic Association) 13        
Kim 2011 288 (2001 to 2005 Korean Society of Spine Surgery) 12.2        
Klappenbach 2011 200 (2006 Argentine Congress of Surgery) 15        
Kleine‐Konig 2014 646 (2006 to 2008 European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society) 13.9 1.3      
Kleweno 2008 165 (1999 to 2001 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine)     21 1 to 60  
Kottachchi 2010 82 (1999 to 2003 Digestive Disease Week)     30 17 to 57 (IQR)  
Koçak 2014 188 (2004 to 2012 European League Against Rheumatism Congress) 18.8     1 to 64  
Krzyzanowska 2003 510 (1989 to 1998 American Society of Clinical Oncology)     32.4    
Kumar 1995 275 (1992 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
46 (oral)
150 (poster)
13 (oral)
15 (poster)
    6 to 24 (oral)
4 to 24 (poster)
 
Kunadian 2015 2119 (2002 to 2012 British Cardiovascular Society)   19.2 16.8    
Kwong 2007 278 (1999 and 2001 European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology) 25.3 18.5      
Lau 2016 460 (1996 to 2013 Otorhinolaryngology Research Society) 27.7   23    
Lee 2012 346 (2004 and 2005 International Association for Dental Research) 26.4     0 to 67  
Lim 2013 1027 (2008 to 2009 Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine) 17.2 (overall)
15.5 (Spring 2008 meeting)
19.8 (Fall 2008 meeting)
16.6 (Spring 2009 meeting)
15.3 (Fall 2009 meeting)
10.5 (overall)
12.2 ( Spring 2008 meeting)
11.3 (Fall 2008 meeting)
10.3 Spring 2009 meeting)
8.8 (Fall 2009 meeting)
     
Liu 1996 400 (overall)
100 (American Heart Association)
 100 (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology)
 100 (American Gastroenterological Association)
 100 (American Academy of Neurology)
22.8 (overall)
22.8 (American Heart Association)
 19.2 (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology)
 26.4 (American Gastroenterological Association)
 22.8 (American Academy of Neurology)
10.8 (overall)
9.6 (American Heart Association)
 10.8 (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology)
 10.8 (American Gastroenterological Association)
 10.8 (American Academy of Neurology)
     
Livas 2014 590 (2006 to 2007 European Orthodontic Society Congress)
333 (2006 meeting)
257 (2007 meeting)
15.8 (overall)
17.2 (2006 meeting)
14.6 (2007 meeting)
       
Lloyd 2006 292 (1998 to 2001 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
40 (1998 meeting)
53 (1999 meeting)
49 (2000 meeting)
61 (2001 meeting)
21.7 (overall)
21 (1998 meeting)
22 (1999 meetings)
22 (2000 meeting)
16 (2001 meeting)
14.7 (overall)      
Maguire 2014 577 (2004 to 2010 Reproductive Health Annual meetings) 18.5     ‐6 to 78  
Malicki 2014 504 (1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009 International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication)     14   12 to 16
Manuck 2015 3281 (2003 to 2010 Society for Maternal‐Fetal Medicine)
629 (oral)
2652 (poster)
    19 (overall)
11 (oral)
21 (poster)
9 to 36 (IQR, overall)
9 to 24 (IQR, oral)
11 to 40 (IQR, poster)
 
Martinez 2008 388 (997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005 Confederación Unificada Bioquímica de la República Argentina) 24 12   48 (maximum)  
Marx 1999 527 (1993 American Society of Neuroradiologists and Radiological Society of North America) 15        
Maxwell 1981 65 (1977 and 1978 Oncology Nursing Society)     11.5 1 to 30  
McCormick 1985 1238 (overall)
371 (1976 to 1978 Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
194 (1979 to 1980 Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
347 (1976 to 1978 Society of Pediatric Research)
326 (1979 to 1980 Society of Pediatric Research)
20 (1976 to 1978 Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
12.9 (1979 to 1980 Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
23.1 (1976 to 1978 Society of Pediatric Research)
16.7 (1979 to 1980 Society of Pediatric Research)
       
McCue 2005 672 (1997 to 2000 American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons) 18.4        
McKelvey 2010 272 (1981, 1991, and 2001 Southeastern Residency Conferences)
90 (1981 meeting)
70 (1991 meeting)
112 (2001 meeting)
    22.8 (overall)
22 (1981 meeting)
33 (1991 meeting)
24 (2001 meeeting)
60.9 (maximum)
13 to 25 (IQR; 1981 meeting)
22 to 39 (IQR; 1991 meeting)
20 to 28 (IQR; 2001 meeting)
 
McKinley 2010 115 (2000, 2003, and 2006 American Contact Dermatitis Society) 21.6     3 to 72  
Meissner 2014 172 (2007 and 2010 Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology) 18.5   16.5 ‐10 to 54  
Meral 2016 1368 (2008 to 2011 European Society for Surgical Research)
341 (2008 meeting)
304 (2009 meeting)
476 (2010 meeting)
247 (2011 meeting)
803 (oral)
565 (poster)
17.5 (overall)
23.2 (2008 meeting)
16.1 (2009 meeting)
15.3 (2010 meeting)
14.8 (2011 meeting)
19.1 (oral)
14.0 (poster)
20.7 (oral)
25.2 (poster)
  ‐166 to 82 (overall)
‐59 to 82 (2008 meeting)
‐60 to 67 (2009 meeting)
‐89 to 55 (2010 meeting)
‐166 to 46 (2011 meeting)
 
Meranze 1982 80 (1979 and 1980 International Anesthesia Research Society)
324 (1978 American Society of Anesthesiologists)
8.2 (1979 and 1980 International Anesthesia Research Society)
12.5 (1978 American Society of Anesthesiologists)
       
Micieli 2012 508 (2005 to 2008 Canadian Ophthalmological Society)     15 8 to 24 (IQR)  
Miguel‐Dasit 2006a 2992 (1994, 1996, and 1998 Spanish Congress of Radiology )
987 (1994 meeting)
1022 (1996 meeting)
983 (1998 meeting)
32 (overall)
35 (1994 meeting)
31 (1996 meeting)
30 (1998 meeting)
16 (overall)
16 (1994 meeting)
17 (1996 meeting)
14 (1998 meeting)
  12 to 108 (overall)
12 to 108 (1994 meetiing)
12 to 96 (1996 meeting
12 to 72 (1998 meeting)
 
Mihok 2013 602 (2000 to 2009 British Association for Surgery of the Knee) 23     0 to 129  
Mittal 2011 75 (1995 to 2007 Indian Academy of Pediatrics) 23.4 11.8   2 to 77  
Moar 2013 318 (2000 to 2009 Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
24 (2000 meeting)
28 (2001 meeting)
32 (2002 meeting)
38 (2003 meeting)
34 (2004 meeting)
36 (2005 meeting)
31 (2006 meeting)
33 (2007 meeting)
40 (2008 meeting)
22 (2009 meeting)
29 (overall)   26 (overall)
27 (2000 meeting)
23 (2001 meeting)
68 (2002 meeting)
24 (2003 meeting)
48 (2004 meeting)
24 (2005 meeting)
14 (2006 meeting)
48 (2007 meeting)
35 (2008 meeting)
13 (2009 meeting)
2 to 110 (overall)
‐2 to 110 (2000 meeting)
‐2 to 48 (2001 meeting)
3 to 110 (2002 meeting)
‐1 to 62 (2003 meeting)
0 to 59 (2004 meeting)
24 to 37 (2005 meeting)
0 to 28 (2006 meeting)
15 to 59 (2007 meeting)
0 to 49 (2008 meeting)
0 to 26 (2009 meeting)
 
Montane 2007 248 (1994, 1996, and 1998 Spanish Society of Clinical Pharmacology)     18 2 to 60  
Moorthi 2013 73 (2005 American Society of Nephrology)     24 13 to 36 (IQR)  
Morgan 2005 131 (2001 British Association of Dermatology) 18        
Mowla 2006 890 (2000 to 2003 Annual Research Meeting of Iranian Medical Sciences Students)
156 (oral)
636 (poster)
22.3 (oral)
29.5 (poster)
       
Muffly 2014 438 (2007 to 2008 American Urogynecologic Society)
147 (oral)
284 (poster)
15.7 (overall)
14 (oral)
17 (poster)
12.1 (overall)
11 (oral)
13 (poster)
     
Mutlu 2015 214 (2005 to 2008 National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
51 (2005 meeting)
64 (2006 meeting)
59 (2007 meeting)
40 (2008 meeting)
30.7 (overall)
35.3 (2005 meeting)
24.4 (2006 meeting)
33.8 (2007 meeting)
33.0 (2008 meeting)
18.9 (overall)
22.6 (2005 meeting)
16.1 (2006 meeting)
18.9 (2007 meeting)
18.2 (2008 meeting)
  4 to 74 (overall)  
Nasir 2012 128 (2004, and 2006 to 2009 Association of Paediatric Surgeons of Nigeria) 23.5   24 12 to 60  
Nasir 2013 164 (2006, 2008, and 2010 Pan‐African Pediatric Surgical Association)     15 5 to 26 (IQR)  
Ng 2004 4302 (1998 to 2000 American Urological Association)
1280 (1998 meeting)
1509 (1999 meeting)
1513 (2000 meeting)
36.9 (1998 meeting)
29.4 (1999 meeting)
23.2 (2000 meeting)
      35.2 to 37.4 (1998 meeting)
28.6 to 30.1 (1999 meeting)
22.5 to 23.9 (2000 meeting)
Nguyen 1998 490 (1990 to 1995 Orthopedic Trauma Association) 16        
O' Connor 2015 298 (1989 to 2014 Sir Peter Freyer Surgical Symposium)
61 (clinical research)
237 (basic science)
24 (overall)
24 (clinical)
24 (basic science)
    ‐12 to 108 (clinical)
‐12 to 96 (basic science)
 
O'Kelly 2015 322 (2005 to 2011 Irish Society of Urology)
34 (2005 meeting)
57 (2006 meeting)
37 (2007 meeting)
45 (2008 meeting)
45 (2009 meeting)
56 (2010 meeting)
49 (2011 meeting)
16.7 (overall)
8 (2005)
17 (2006)
28 (2007)
23 (2008)
13 (2009)
26 (2010)
12 (2011)
  15 0 to 55  
O'Neill 2014 203 (2002 to 2005 Irish Orthopaedic Association) 30.1     4.7 to 76.5  
Odunsi 2015 627 (2007 to 2009 Association of British Neurologists) 18.6 14.6      
Ogilvie 2014 392 (2006 to 2010 Canadian Society of Otolaryngology ‐ Head & Neck Surgery) 21     ‐61 to 76  
Olive 2004 249 (1996 Spanish Society for Rheumatology) 18.5        
Oliveira 2009 313 (2003 Urological Brazilian meeting)     14 1 to 51  
Oliver 2003 370 (1995 to 1997 British Association of Plastic Surgeons)
56 (1995 Winter meeting)
48 (1997 Summer meeting)
54 (1997 Winter meeting)
107 (1998 Winter meeting)
105 (1999 Winter meeting)
19 (1995 Winter meeting)
25 (1997 Summer meeting)
19 (1997 Winter meeting)
13 (1998 Winter meeting)
16 (1999 Winter meeting)
    3 to 46 (1995 Winter meeting)
3 to 42 (1997 Summer meeting)
1 to 46 (1997 Winter meeting)
1 to 28 (1998 Winter meeting)
1 to 26 (1999 Winter meeting)
 
Olson 2012 270 (1995, 2000, and 2005 Western States Conference)
71 (1995 meeting)
77 (2000 meeting)
122 (2005 meeting)
24 (overall)
17 (1995 meeting)
24 (2000 meeting)
24 (2005 meeting)
10 (overall)
13 (1995 meeting)
13 (2000 meeting)
9 (2005 meeting)
     
Ospina 2006 383 (1995 to 2003 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine)     32   23 to 41
Ozel 2007 116 (2002 to 2003 Society of Gynecologic Surgeons) 16   9 ‐4 to 48  
Papagikos 2005 802 (1999 to 2001 American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology)     11.9    
Papoutsis 2015 8411 (2006 to 2010 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie) 8.4 14.4      
Parkar 2013 137 (2008 to 2009 European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology)     14.5 ‐47 to 39  
Paulson 2011 501 (2006 Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplantation Research/American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation)     19 1 to 41  
Peng 2006 473 (1999 American Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery)     16 12 to 29 (IQR)  
Pereyra‐Elias 2011 417 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 Congreso de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú) 10.8 10.4 9 0 to 47  
Pinheiro 2009 154 (2001 to 2005 American Society of Clinical Oncology)     13.5    
Polyzos 2011 155 (2003 and 2004 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)     15 0 to 75  
Post 2013 1329 (overall)
1000 (2007 to 2008 North American Primary Care Research Group)
329 (2007 to 2008 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)
688 (oral)
641 (poster)
15.4 (overall)
16 (North American Primary Care Research Group)
13.1 (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)
13.7 (oral)
18.6 (poster)
0.6 (overall, SE)
0.6 ( North American Primary Care Research Group, SE)
1.2 (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, SE)
0.6 (oral, SE)
1.0 (poster, SE)
  ‐20 to 51  
Prendergast 2013 938 (1995 and 2005 British Society of Gastroenterology)
497 (1995 meeting)
441 (2005 meeting)
22.2 (1995 meeting)
18.6 (2005 meeting)
16.9 (1995 meeting)
13.3 (2005 meeting)
     
Preston 2005 815 (1994 to 1998 Orthopaedic Trauma Association)
153 (1994 meeting)
168 (1995 meeting)
156 (1996 meeting)
157 (1997 meeting)
181 (1998 meeting)
329 (oral)
486 (poster)
24.8 (all oral)
21.9 (oral; 1994 meeting)
26.1 (oral; 1995 meeting)
31.1 (oral; 1996 meeting)
20.9 (oral; 1997 meeting)
25.4 (oral; 1998 meeting)
21.6 (all poster)
28.2 (poster; 1994 meeting)
19.7 (poster; 1995 meeting)
22.1 (poster; 1996 meeting)
18.6 (poster; 1997 meeting)
21.3 (poster; 1998 meeting)
17.9 (all oral)
18.1 (oral; 1994 meeting)
20.3 (oral; 1995 meeting)
19.3 (oral; 1996 meeting)
13.8 (oral; 1997 meeting)
16.8 (oral; 1998 meeting)
19.4 (all poster)
27.8 (poster; 1994 meeting)
18.8 (poster; 1995 meeting)
17.3 (poster; 1996 meeting)
15.9 (poster; 1997 meeting)
17.3 (poster; 1998 meeting)
     
Prohaska 2013 1941 (2005 American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Pharmacists Association, and American Society of Health‐System Pharmacists) 16.8 11.9 15    
Propst 2015 867 (2004 to 2012 Society of Gynecologic Surgeons) 12.7 11.7   ‐5 to 82  
Rabenda 2015 619 (2011 European Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Disorders)
45 (oral)
574 (poster)
    14.8 (oral e‐publication)
16.3 (oral print)
9.2 (poster e‐publication)
11.3 (poster print)
8.3 to 23.3 (IQR, oral e‐pub)
8.4 to 23.3 (IQR, oral print)
2.7 to 17.7 (IQR poster e‐pub)
5.3 to 21.7 (IQR, poster print)
 
Riessland 2004 347 (1995 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology) 31 47 31    
Rollin 2009 318 (2000 International Commission on Occupational Health) 17       13 to 21
Roukis 2011 206 (199 to 2008 American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons)
29 (1999 meeting)
29 (2000 meeting)
20 (2001 meeting)
20 (2002 meeting)
13 (2003 meeting)
14 (2004 meeting)
21 (2005 meeting)
21 (2006 meeting)
21 (2007 meeting)
18 (2008 meeting)
14.5 (overall)
13.3 (1999 meeting)
19.3 (2000 meeting)
18.6 (2001 meeting)
13.7 (2002 meeting)
16.9 (2003 meeting)
8.4 (2004 meeting)
17.9 (2005 meeting)
11.5 (2006 meeting)
14.7 (2007 meeting)
7.6 (2008 meeting)
    ‐34 to 60 (overall)
‐34 to 60 (1999 meeting)
2 to 50 (2000 meeting)
12 to 34 (2001 meeting)
2 to 42 (2002 meeting)
6 to 36 (2003 meeting)
0 to 24 (2004 meeting)
‐2 to 46 (2005 meeting)
‐5 to 32 (2006 meeting)
‐ 4 to 36 (2007 meeting)
‐1 to 17 (2008 meeting)
 
Roy 2001 660 (1978 to 1995 Otorhinolaryngological Research Society) 2235     ‐60 to 108  
Rubin 2014 847 (2004 to 2007 Digestive Disease Week)     12 12 to 24 (IQR)  
Saad 2008 154 (2001 to 2005 American Society of Clinical Oncology)     13.5    
Saeed 2011 141 (2002, 2004, and 2006 Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group)     20.7 ‐5.3 to 91.2  
Salami 2013 184 (2005 American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)     19 11 to 29 (IQR)  
Saldanha 2016 513 (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)     18 1 to 90 (IQR, 11 to 33)  
Sanders 2001 255 (1994 British Society of Gastroenterology)     19 0 to 66  
Sanossian 2006 353 (2000 International Stroke Conference of the American Stroke Association)     15 ‐18 to 69  
Sawatsky 2015 144 (2009 Society of General Internal Medicine) 21        
Schnatz 2008 661 (1999 to 2003 North American Menopause Society) 24.0 (overall)
20.4 (oral)
24.0 (poster)
18.0 (overall)
15.6 (oral)
18.0 (poster)
  103.2 (maximum; overall)  
Schoenfeld 2012 770 (1998 to 2006 Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons)
96 (1998 meeting)
89 (1999 meeting)
104 (2000 meeting)
75 (2001 meeting)
84 (2002 meeting)
83 (2003 meeting)
86 (2004 meeting)
76 (2005 meeting)
78 (2006 meeting)
32.4 (overall)
43.0 (1998 meeting)
33.0 (1999 meeting)
33.6 (2000 meeting)
30.6 (2001 meeting)
39.6 (2002 meeting)
29.4 (2003 meeting)
27.0 (2004 meeting)
28.5 (2005 meeting)
19.2 (2006 meeting)
       
Scholey 2005 546 (1993 European Organisation for Caries Research, European Orthodontic Society, and International Association for Dental Research)     18.0 (overall)
13.0 (European Organisation for Caries Research meeting)
23.5 (European Orthodontic Society meeting)
17.0 (International Association for Dental Research meeting)
9 to 30 (overall; IQR)
5.3 to 24.5 (IQR; European Organisation for Caries Research meeting)
12.3 to 36.0 (IQR; European Orthodontic Society meeting)
8.8 to 29.3 (IQR; International Association for Dental Research meeting)
 
Schulte 2012a 1100 (2003 German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery) 14.9 16.9   ‐44 to 58  
Schulte 2012b 839 (2000 to 2003 Spine Society of Europe)
259 (2000 meeting)
213 (2001 meeting)
168 (2002 meeting)
199 (2003 meeting)
17.7 (overall)
16.2 (2000 meeting)
18.3 (2001 meeting)
14.4 (2002 meeting)
21.2 (2003 meeting)
15.7 (overall)
16.5 (2000 meeting)
17.0 (2001 meeting)
14.4 (2002 meeting)
14.2 (2003 meeting)
  ‐36 to 60 (overall)
‐36 to 60 (2000 meeting)
‐30 to 59 (2001 meeting)
‐9 to 57 (2002 Smeeting)
‐2 to 56 (2003 meeting)
 
Seaton 1983 625 (1978 American Speech‐Hearing‐Language Association)     13    
Sebel 2001 581 (1995 International Anesthesia Research Society) 15.6        
Secil 2005 4413 (Turkish radiology conferences) 24.4     0 to 91  
Secil 2007 276 (2000 and 2001 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology)     18 1 to 53 (IQR)  
Shelmerdine 2015 363 (overall)
35 (British Society for Paediatric Radiology)
163 (European Society of Pediatric Radiology)
165 (Society of Pediatric Radiology)
    12 (British Society for Paediatric Radiology)
10 (European Society of Pediatric Radiology)
15 (Society of Pediatric Radiology)
6 to 17 (British Society for Paediatric Radiology)
2 to 29 (European Society of Pediatric Radiology)
3 to 31 (Society of Pediatric Radiology)
 
Siegfried 2007 65 (African studies)
62 (North American studies)
22.8 (African studies)
26.4 (North American studies)
    12 to 84 (African studies)
12 to 72 (North American studies)
 
Smart 2013 122 (2000 to 2010 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and American International Association of Dental Research) 21.9 17.3 19 0 to 99  
Smith 2007 1683 (2002 and 2003 American Urological Association)     27.8 25.9 to 39.7  
Smith 2011a 823 (2000 to 2004 American Physical Therapy Association) 22.7 15.3 19.3    
Smollin 2006 237 (2001 North America Conference of Clinical Toxicology) 15     0 to 29  
Snedeker 2010 149 (various conferences with abstracts on pre‐harvest or abattoir‐level intervention against pathogenic bacteria)     13.5 0 to 72  
Song 2010 4824 (2005 to 2007 United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology) 18        
Stranges 2015 655 (2003, 2005, and 2007 Great Lakes Pharmacy Residency Conference) 24.5 14.3      
Stöcker 2009 368 (1999 to 2003 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin) 18.4     ‐24 to 84  
Sullivan 2014 227 (2006 to 2010 Irish Society of Urology) 24 (overall)
26 (2006 meeting)
33 (2007 meeting)
22 (2008 meeting)
20 (2009 meeting)
18 (2010 meeting)
       
Sun 2011 2080 (2003 to 2006 American Academy of Ophthalmology and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
617 (2003 meeting)
615 (2004 meeting)
616 (2005 meeting)
616 (2006 meeting)
    16 (overall)
20 (2003 meeting)
18 (2004 meeting)
14.5 (2005 Ameeting)
15 (2006 meeting)
8.0 to 27.1 (IQR, overall)
9.1 to 32.0 (IQR, 2003 meeting)
9.1 to 29 (IQR, 2004 meeting)
8.0 to 26.5 (IQR, 2005 meeting)
7.0 to 22.6 (IQR, 2006 meeting)
 
Susarla 2015 78 (2009 to 2013 Johns Hopkins Hospital/University of Maryland Plastic Survey Research Day) 15.6 13.6   ‐2 to 54  
Tam 2008 74 (2000 American Society of Clinical Oncology) 31   29 3.4 to 68.4  
Tam 2011 709 (1989 to 2003 American Society of Clinical Oncology)     31.2    
Tambuscio 2010 623 (2006 American Academy of Forensic Sciences) 10 9      
Theman 2014 719 (2000 to 2010 American Society for Surgery of the Hand)
109 (2000 meeting)
69 (2001 meeting)
64 (2002 meeting)
36 (2003 meeting)
80 (2004 meeting)
53 (2005 meeting)
35 (2006 meeting)
88 (2007 meeting)
62 (2008 meeting)
58 (2009 meeting)
65 (2010 meeting)
18 (overall)
22 (2000 meeting)
25(2001 meeting)
22 (2002 meeting)
15 (2003 meeting)
20 (2004 meeting)
19 (2005 meeting)
21 (2006 meeting)
15 (2007 meeting)
12 (2008 meeting)
15 (2009 meeting)
13 (2010 meeting)
  14 (overall)
15 (2000 meeting)
14(2001 meeting)
14 (2002 meeting)
15 (2003 meeting)
18 (2004 meeting)
11 (2005 meeting)
20 (2006 meeting)
14 (2007 meeting)
11 (2008 meeting)
13 (2009 meeting)
12 (2010 meeting)
‐14 to 64 (overall)
120 (maximum); 10 to78 IQR; 2000 meeting)
96 (maximum); 12 to 101 IQR; 2001 meeting)
120 (maximum); 21 to 69 IQR; 2002 meeting)
48 (maximum); 7 to 68 IQR; 2003 meeting)
120 (maximum); 11 to 69 IQR; 2004 meeting)
60 (maximum); 13 to 84 IQR; 2005 meeting)
84 (maximum); 30 to 66 IQR; 2006 meeting)
60 (maximum); 18 to 51 IQR; 2007 meeting)
48 (maximum); 15 to 44 IQR; 2008 meeting)
48 (maximum); 17 to 66 IQR; 2009 meeting)
36 (maximum); 17 to 55 IQR; 2010 meeting)
84
 
Timmer 2001 594 (1994 to 1995 European Pancreatic Club and American Pancreatic Association)     36    
Timmer 2002 863 (1992 to 1995 Digestive Diseases Week)     18    
Toma 2006 186 (1999 to 2002 American College of Cardiology)
86 ('late‐breaking' abstracts)
100 (not 'late‐breaking' abstracts)
    11.5 ('late‐breaking' abstracts)
22 (not 'late‐breaking' abstracts)
   
Toro‐Polo 2012 532 (2002 to 2005 and 2006 to 2009 Sociedad Científica Médico Estudiantil Peruana) 22.6 24.0 13 0 to 75  
Turpen 2010 126 (2002 and 2003 American Urological Association) 51 5      
Tyagi 2013 726 (2009 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting and Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists)     14 (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
12 (Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists’ Conference)
1 to 21 (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
3 to 24 (Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists’ Conference)
 
ul Haq 2011 179 (2001 British Orthopaedic Association) 18.6 9.4      
Uysal 2008 900 (2002 International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine) 11.9   8    
Uzun 2013 179 (2005 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society) 18.5 13.6 15 2 to 60  
Valderrama‐Zurian 2009 689 (1999 College on Problems of Drug Dependence )
194 (oral)
495 (poster)
22.4 (overall)
22.4 (oral)
22.4 (poster)
17.3 (overall)
18.5 (oral)
16.4 (poster)
19.9 (overall)
19.9 (oral)
19.9 (poster)
   
van der Steen 2004 306 (1995 to 1999 European Association of Plastic Surgeons) 14 23.9 13    
Varghese 2011 1191 (2003 to 2005 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America)
431 (2003 meeting)
343 (2004 meeting)
417 (2005 meeting)
24.0 (2003 meeting)
24.8 (2004 meeting)
20.2 (2005 meeting)
21.9 (2003 meeting; oral)
28.3 (2004 meeting; oral)
20.7 (2005 meeting; oral)
21.4 (2003 meeting; rejected abstracts)
22.2 (2004 meeting; rejected abstracts)
17.6 (2005 meeting; rejected abstracts)
  18 (2003 meeting)
22 (2004 meeting)
17 (2005 meeting)
18 (2003 meeting; oral)
26 (2004 meeting; oral)
18.5 (2005 meeting; oral)
18 (2003 meeting; rejected abstracts)
19.5 (2004 meeting; rejected abstracts)
15 (2005 meeting; rejected abstracts)
  20.3 to 27.8 (2003 meeting)
21.4 to 28.3 (2004 meeting)
17.7 to 22.8 (2005 meeting)
17.6 to 26.2 (2003 meeting; oral)
23.2 to 33.5 (2004 meeting; oral)
17.2 to 24.0 (2005 meeting; oral)
18.5 to 24.2
(2003 meeting; rejected abstracts)
19.0 to 25.4 (2004 meeting; rejected abstracts)
15.0 to 20.1 (2005 meeting; rejected abstracts)
Vecchi 2009 581 (1993 to 2002 College on Problems of Drug Dependence)
161 ('positive results')
51 (negative or null results)
325 (abstracts without reported statistical results)
44 (abstracts with no results)
45.6 (overall)
34.8 ('positive results')
62.4 (negative or null results)
50.4 (abstracts without reported statistical results)
62.4 (abstracts with no results)
       
Vogt 2008 36 (1997 Deutscher Sportärztekongress) 12        
von Hardenberg 2013 732 (2002 and 2009 Der Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Urologie)     15.1    
Walby 2001 207 (1995 to 1998 Australasian College of Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine and 1996 and 1998 International Conference on Emergency Medicine) 12.6   11    
Walsh 2013 449 (2005 to 2006 Research in Medical Education Conference and Canadian Conference on Medical Education)     20 ‐9 to 76 (10 to 30 IQR)  
Whitehouse 2009 1138 (overall)
90 (2004 British Hip Society)
73 (2005 British Hip Society meeting)
68 (2004 European Hip Society meeting)
173 (2006 European Hip Society meeting)
23 (2004 British Orthopedic Association meeting)
31 (2005 British Orthopedic Association meeting)
41 (2006 British Orthopedic Association meeting)
293 (2003 European Federation of Orthopaedics and Trauma meeting)
346 (2005 European Federation of Orthopaedics and Trauma meeting)
4.9 (overall)
6.9 (2004 British Hip Society meeting)
6.8 (2005 British Hip Society meeting)
‐4.1 (2004 European Hip Society meeting)
0.7 (2006 European Hip Society meeting)
8.3 (2004 British Orthopedic Association meeting)
6.0 (2005 British Orthopedic Association meeting)
2.0 (2006 British Orthopedic Association meeting)
9.5 (2003 European Federation of Orthopaedics and Trauma meeting)
8.3 (2005 European Federation of Orthopaedics and Trauma meeting)
       
Wieser 2015 607 (2004 to 2008 American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists and Association of Veterinary Anaiesthsists; 2003 and 2006 World Congress of Veterinary Anaesthesiology) 25 (overall)
25 (RCTs)
26 (uncontrolled studies)
15 (cross‐sectional studies)
19   ‐35 to 104 (overall)
23 to 27 (RCTs)
23 to 30 (uncontrolled studies)
15 (9 to 22) cross‐sectional studies)
 
Wong 2006 67 (1998 and 1999 New South Wales State Committee, Registrars Paper Day 23.8   21 4 to 60  
Wong 2009 790 (2003 Heart Rhythm Society     16.7 10.6 to 27.6 (IRQ)  
Wong 2013 3848 (1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2006 Heart Rhythm Society)
521 (1994 meeting)
740 (1997 meeting)
804 (2000 meeting)
790 (2003 meeting)
993 (2006 meeting)
    21 (1994 meeting)
18 (1997 meeting)
16 (2000 meeting)
18 (2003 meeting)
13 (2006 meeting)
10 to 34 (IQR, 1994 meeting)
11 to 32 (IQR, 1997 meeting)
6 to 31 (IQR, 2000 meeting)
8 to 27 (IQR, 2003 meeting)
5 to 22 (IQR, 2006 meeting)
 
Yalcinkaya 2013 770 (2007 Turkish National Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress) 14.9 16.1   ‐33 to 55  
Yilmaz 2013 1732 (2008 European League Against Rheumatism)     13 0 to 31  
Yolcu 2015 1322 (2007 to 2012 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society of Turkey) 17 15      
Yoon 2007 154 (1996 to 2001 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons)
10 (1996 meeting)
20 (1997 meeting)
18 (1998 meeting)
20 (1999 meeting)
40 (2000 meeting)
46 (2001 meeting)
23.6 (overall)
20.8 (1996 meeting)
36.5 (1997 meeting)
27.3 (1998 meeting)
23.5 (1999 meeting)
9.7 (2000 meeting)
16.6 (2001 meeting)
15.7 (overall)
19.1 (1996 meeting)
19.0 (1997 meeting)
11.6 (1998 meeting)
9.9 (1999 meeting)
14.5 (2000 meeting)
15.8 (2001 meeting)
     
Yoon 2012a 154 (2005 First World Conference on Sports Injury Prevention)
14 (RCTs)
135 (observational studies)
17 (RCTs)
12 (observational studies)
13 (RCTs)
14 (observational studies)
     
Yoon 2012b 614 (2005 to 2009 Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand 13.0 (online journal publications)
14.5 (print journals publications)
13.6 (online journal publications)
13.9 (print journal publications)
     
Yun 1999 2457 (1992 to 1996 Korean Radiological Society) 13.3     0 to 56  
Özyurt 2012 1023 (2004, 2006, and 2008 Turkish National Dermatology)
368 (2004 meeting)
328 (2006 meeting)
327 (2008 meeting)
22.5 (overall)
23.2 (2004 meeting)
27.2 (2006 meeting)
14.5 (2008 meeting)
    0 to 86