CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE, cilt.46, sa.11, ss.1562-1567, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Poster presentations at major meetings serve to rapidly present and share study results with the scientific community. On the other hand, full-text publication of abstracts in peer-reviewed journals provides dissemination of knowledge. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the publication rate of abstracts presented at the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) Meeting, to assess the factors influencing publication and determine the impact factor of these journals.