Abstract Details

Title An Evaluation of Publishing Practices of Child and Adult Neurologists in High Impact Neurology Journals

Topic Neurologic ��ɫ��

Presentation(s) P04 - (-)

Poster/Presentation
Number 258

Objective

Background BACKGROUND: Neurology is the official journal of the ��ɫ��, while Annals of Neurology (Annals) is the official journal of the Child Neurology Society.

Design/Methods DESIGN/METHODS: Entrez Programming Utilities (E-Utilities) is a set of application programmer interfaces (APIs) available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Using E-Utilities the PUBMED database was queried for all journal articles with abstracts which were published in either Neurology or Annals from January 1st, 2000 to Dec 31st 2009 and were authored by either a board certified child or adult neurologist. These results were exported into spreadsheet format and analyzed for relevant data.

Results RESULTS: When controlled for the ratio of adult to child neurologists (7.78:1) and the ratio of articles in Neurology to Annals (3.33:1), the average child neurologist published 1.08 articles in Annals and 1.00 articles in Neurology. The average adult neurologist published 0.97 articles in Annals and 1.04 articles in Neurology. The average article published in Annals had 2.21 child neurologists and 1.98 adult neurologists as authors while those published in Neurology had 2.04 child neurologists and 2.11 adult neurologists as authors.

Conclusions CONCLUSIONS: When controlled for the ratio of child to adult neurologists and journal volume, child neurologists tend to publish more frequently in Annals while adult neurologists tend to publish more frequently in Neurology. The articles in Annals tend to have more child than adult neurologists as authors while the opposite is true for Neurology. This method can be refined to further investigate the research and publishing tendencies of physicians, various specialties, and academic departments.

Authors/Disclosures
Thomas Dye, MD (Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC) PRESENTER	No disclosure on file
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Donald Gilbert, MD, FAAN (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Med. Ctr.)	Dr. Gilbert has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for PTC Therapeutics. Dr. Gilbert has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Illumina. Dr. Gilbert has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Emalex Biosciences. The institution of Dr. Gilbert has received research support from NIMH. The institution of Dr. Gilbert has received research support from Emalex Biosciences. The institution of Dr. Gilbert has received research support from PTC Therapeutics. The institution of Dr. Gilbert has received research support from Department of Defense. The institution of Dr. Gilbert has received research support from Quince Therapeutics. Dr. Gilbert has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care. Dr. Gilbert has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care. Dr. Gilbert has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Medical Second Opinion Expert with Teldoc/Advanced Medical. Dr. Gilbert has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Medical Expert with Department of Health and Human Services/Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Myassar Zarif	Myassar Zarif has nothing to disclose.

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