The lab that I worked in during undergrad recently published an abstract that I'm authored on for a publication that I'm also authored on, and I was told it will be submitted for review by the end of November. Is this worth an update to schools? If so, do I simply send them the citation for the abstract, or should I include the actual text of it? Thanks everyone!
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Where was the abstract published? Does it have a PMID#?
A submitted (or planned for submission) manuscript is not worth giving an update on. An accepted manuscript is worth advising schools about. You would not include the text of a publication.
I believe it was published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. As of now I have not been able to find a PMID#, but I might email my PI to ask if there is one.
Thank you for the insight on the manuscript!
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Was this an abstract from a poster or podium presentation? Did you Search for the abstract here by title, or by your own name, to see if it pops up: Home - PubMed - NCBI
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It's probably one of those "published" abstracts that you see in conference proceedings and are eventually featured on a journal's website. However, they are not actually official peer reviewed publications. Residents and medical students use these to artificially inflate their scholarship count. OP, it sounds like your PI submitted the abstract of your future paper to some sort of conference and is now going to submit the actual paper to a journal. My PI would do this to gauge other people's reception to the findings before submitting the actual paper for review. If you were to update your schools, it would be the equivalent of updating them about a poster, which is virtually insignificant. From what I've read, you should only update them about an accepted manuscript.
