Mittal 2011.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database PubMed, Google/Google Scholar, and IndMed to January 2011 Person completing the search not reported Searched by all authors and keywords Matching criteria not reported Contacted abstract authors directly
Data	Included 75 abstracts presented at the 1995 to 2007 Indian Academy of Pediatrics meetings Included abstracts of 'award winning' presentations
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published Mean time to publication Cumulative proportion of abstracts published Presented by women versus men 'Descriptive' versus 'experimental' design Academic center versus non‐academic center affiliation
Outcomes	28 of 75 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time Mean time to publication = 23.4 months (SD = 11.8; range = 2 to 77 months) Proportion of abstracts published at 24 months = 26.7% (20/75 abstracts) Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 13/28 abstracts presented by women versus 15/47 abstracts presented by men published 20/62 abstracts with 'descriptive' design versus 8/13 abstracts with 'experimental' design published 26/54 abstracts originating in an academic center versus 2/21 abstracts not originating in an academic center published
Notes	Pediatrics Reported receiving no funding Data extracted from letter
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts that described specific subgroup, so low risk of bias.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 3 databases and contacted abstract authors.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	All meetings had at least 48 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Yes	Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of author gender, type science, academic affiliation, Indian region, and award category with publication using stratified analysis and unspecified statistical tests.