Methodologists and their methods. Do methodologists write up their conference presentations or is it just 15 minutes of fame?

Journal article

OBJECTIVES: To assess the extent to which abstracts of methodological research, initially presented at meetings on systematic reviews, have gone on to be published as full articles. METHODS: Full publication was assessed in three ways: a search was carried out of The Cochrane Library; a search was conducted using MEDLINE; and a questionnaire was sent to the contact author of each abstract. RESULTS: Approximately half of the abstracts had not been, or were unlikely ever to be, published in ful...

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Authors: Hopewell, S; Clarke, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: International journal of technology assessment in health care
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 601-603
• Publication date: 2001-01-01
• EISSN: 1471-6348
• ISSN: 0266-4623
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Health Services Research; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Congresses as Topic; Publication Bias; Research Design; Abstracting and Indexing as Topic; Evidence-Based Medicine; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Great Britain