Susarla 2015.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE and SCOPUS for a 'minimum of 18 months' Person completing the search not reported Searched by title, and presenting and primary author Matched abstract to full‐length publication by All authors Methodology Materials
Data	Included 78 abstracts presented at the 2009 to 2013 Johns Hopkins Hospital/University of Maryland Plastic Survey Research Day meetings Included all abstracts from a presenting author who was a plastic surgery resident in the Johns Hopkins Hospital/University of Maryland program
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published Mean time to publication Year of resident status Resident characteristics Faculty investigator with academic rank of (associate) professor Prior publications Subspecialty
Outcomes	50 of 78 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time Mean time to publication = 15.6 months (SD = 13.6; range = ‐2 to 54 months) Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included Year of resident status: OR 0.56 (95% CI 0.36 to 0.85) Faculty investigator with academic rank of either associate professor or professor: OR 3.3 (95% CI 1.1 to 10.5)
Notes	Surgery ‐ plastic and reconstructive surgery Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts from a specific subgroup of authors.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 2 databases.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	All meetings except the 2009 and 2010 meeting had less than 48 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Yes	Matched by 3 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding?	Yes	Examined association of year of resident status, residency track, number of prior publications, type of science, subspecialty, and present of faculty with academic rank of associate or full professor with publication using multivariable logistic regression.