Are presentations of abstracts at EGPRN meetings followed by publication?

Figures & data

Table I. Response of the presenters of the EGPRN meetings to the survey.

Meeting Place, month/year		Presenters responding n	Total presentations n	Response %	Publication %
1	Göttingen, October 1999	27	35	77	41
2	Maastricht, May 2000	19	34	56	47
3	Zagreb, October 2000	16	38	42	50
4	Tampere, June 2001	17	27	63	35
5	Gdansk, October 2001	19	30	63	47
6	Avignon, May 2002	29	40	73	41
	Total 1999–2002	127	204	62	43
7	Göttingen, May 2005	33	60	55	58
8	Tartu, October 2005	26	48	54	50
9	Copenhagen, May 2006	38	52	73	42
10	Kavala, October 2006	27	52	52	37
	Total 2005–2006	124	212	59	47

Table II. Published presentations at EGPRN, classified by language and type of publication.

	1999–2002	2005–2006	Total	Total %
English journals of general practice	20	12	32	28
Fam Pract.	5	3	8	7
Br J Gen Pract.	5	2	7	6
Scand J Prim Health Care	3	4	7	6
Eur J Gen Pract.	3	2	5	4
Aust Fam Physician	1	0	1	1
BMC Fam Pract.	1	1	2	2
Prim Care Respir J.	1	0	1	1
Practitioner	1	0	1	1
Other journals, (English)	10	30	40	35
Br Med J., Lancet, JAMA	1	3	4	4
Diabetes journals (Diabet Med., Prim Care Diabetes)	0	5	5	4
Medical education journals (Med Teach, Med Educ.)	0	4	4	4
Journals public health (BMC Public Health, Eur J Public Health, Health Policy)	1	3	4	4
Patient Educ Couns.	1	2	3	3
J Eval Clin Pract.	0	2	2	2
Qual Saf Health Care	1	1	2	2
Journals physiotherapy (J Manipulative Physiol Ther., Aust J Physiother.)	2	0	2	2
Other journals	4	10	14	12
French journals	8	4	12	11
German journals	5	0	5	4
Spanish	2	0	2	2
Other journals various languages (not Medline-listed)	5	8	13	12
Other publications (books, research reports, book chapters) not peer-reviewed	5	4	9	8
All publications (total)	55	58	113	100

Figure 1. Distribution of reasons for unpublished presentations.

Table III. Reason for non-publication (n=138).

Name	Responses (1999–2002) n	Responses (2005–2006) n	Total number (% of cases)
The research is incomplete	22	15	37 (27)
I have not started writing up the research yet	9	8	17 (12)
I have started but not yet completed writing up the research	15	16	31 (22)
I have written up the research in my own language but it has yet to be translated into English	2	7	9 (7)
I have an article ready for submission but do not know where to submit it	5	4	9 (7)
Subtotal	53	50	103 (75)
I have submitted my article and I am awaiting a response	6	4	10 (7)
I submitted an article but it was rejected	9	7	16 (12)
I am resubmitting the same article	3	1	4 (3)
I am rewriting the article after it was rejected	2	1	3 (2)
I have resubmitted a revised version of the article to a different journal	2	3	5 (4)
Total	75	66	141^a

^aMore than 100% since some respondents gave more than one answer.