tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post2232662097286591297..comments2024-03-20T12:56:48.451-05:00Comments on Better Posters: The poster to publication puzzle (With stats and graphs and everything!)Zen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post-4172999745086691382016-04-09T02:15:50.449-05:002016-04-09T02:15:50.449-05:00Interesting post!
I suspect your explanation that...Interesting post!<br /><br />I suspect your explanation that limited follow-up time has something to do with it makes a lot of sense. It's certainly true that posters are often presented while a project is still ongoing, and it may not be unreasonable to expect a delay of years rather than months before the paper is published.<br /><br />I think it would also be interesting to see how this has changed over time. We know that the completeness of publication of clinical trials has improved massively in recent years. Back in the 90s, it was very common for negative trials not to be published. Putting a figure on that is not easy, but the All Trials favourite statistic that only half of trials are ever published was probably a reasonable estimate for that period.<br /><br />However, more recent studies of completeness of publication show disclosure rates more in the range of 80-90%.<br /><br />It may well be that research being at conferences today is much more likely to be published, but of course we won't know that for a while.<br /><br />Still, it would be interesting to see how the most recent studies that we do have compare with some of the older ones.Adam Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417717196253838789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post-58224463241895552112016-04-08T01:47:29.965-05:002016-04-08T01:47:29.965-05:00Thank you so much for the amusing post i really ap...Thank you so much for the amusing post i really appreciated it. If anyone wants the SEo services in India then visit then our website. <a href="http://goo.gl/VVYrCD" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/VVYrCD</a>Sonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503714390113794156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post-76103590280253240492016-04-07T12:39:47.655-05:002016-04-07T12:39:47.655-05:00Thanks for digging into the data, Zen!
The commun...Thanks for digging into the data, Zen!<br /><br />The community has been discussing concerns & questions about publishing, and I think posters emphasize some of them (eg, publication bias, "weaker" studies). <br /><br />Relevant to your & Stephen's conversion rates, it's probably worth noting that the references here mostly cover medical specialties. Might things be different in other disciplines?<br /><br />It would be interesting to see the data on larger conferences, but I can also see the difficulty of parsing data. In biomed, we basically never cite posters, certainly not those that become papers, and we may change titles dramatically. <br /><br />Finally there's another question that pops up: How well do findings in posters represent findings that are ultimately published? It's a complex issue, of course, because there are plenty of reasons results & conclusions might change. But here's an example on discrepancies between posters & final publications for systematic reviews:<br />http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.03.006biochembellehttp://biochembelle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post-23400315867796782892016-04-07T09:02:19.497-05:002016-04-07T09:02:19.497-05:00I'm really surpised by the low conversion rate...I'm really surpised by the low conversion rates, because like you, my own conversion rate for posters would be close to (but not quite) 100% - and it wouldn't be much different for talks vs. posters. The data speak, though, so I must be an outlier. I suspect by far the biggest reason for the talk/poster difference is your #2: posters are more likely early in a career. I'll suggest another: posters may work better for presenting new methods (as opposed to results) and those might never be captured in the data as leading to publications, even if the method presented is used in dozens of later papers. (I cover this and a lot of other poster-vs.-paper considerations here: https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/for-your-next-conference-poster-or-talk/)Steve Heardhttps://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com