list abstracts as publications?

[meowkat444]

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can that be done on secondaries? they are published, technically, i suppose...

 

[Sinfekl]

You definitely want to get them in somewhere, particularly if you went to a conference and had a poster/presented. Just be clear they are only abstracts and specify the conference/event they're associated with. The only question is where - it depends on the secondary, and how specific the instructions are for each particular section. If it's explicit that the section is for published, peer-reviewed manuscripts, then obviously you can't put it in, but still try to find a section that's a bit more vague. If the section just says "publications," I'd feel OK putting it in; again, just make sure to be very clear about what they are so it doesn't seem like you're trying to pass one over on anybody.

I actually even put them into my research summary statements on the primary (and any secondary that made us re-write our research experience).

Also, just thought I'd mention, surprisingly few applicants have "real" publications, even at top programs, and those that do often readily admit they washed dishes for three years and got a fourth-authorship cause they went golfing with the PI. 😀 Adcoms know this.

 

[RxnMan]

I have different sections of my CV for different items. Posters and presentations has their own section and I cite them like so:

Authors, Title, Name of the Conference Where I Presented, (what I presented)

Authors are listed as they appear on the poster or abstract, last name first. In the parenthesis I put "Poster" if poster, etc.

I also have a Publication section if the item has been published in a journal (i.e., it has a Pubmed citation). I will use roughly the PubMed citation and at the end annotate, as above, whether it is an article or abstract.

Instead of on secondaries, I listed my pubs on AMCAS as ECs. Click the link in my signature and scroll down for how I listed them.

I have to second being very clear on whether you've done a poster, full-length article, whatever. It's easy to give the wrong impression by not being clear, and the people who review your app will notice.

 

[QofQuimica]

I have different sections of my CV for different items. Posters and presentations has their own section and I cite them like so:

Authors, Title, Name of the Conference Where I Presented, (what I presented)

Authors are listed as they appear on the poster or abstract, last name first. In the parenthesis I put "Poster" if poster, etc.

I also have a Publication section if the item has been published in a journal (i.e., it has a Pubmed citation). I will use roughly the PubMed citation and at the end annotate, as above, whether it is an article or abstract.

Instead of on secondaries, I listed my pubs on AMCAS as ECs. Click the link in my signature and scroll down for how I listed them.

I have to second being very clear on whether you've done a poster, full-length article, whatever. It's easy to give the wrong impression by not being clear, and the people who review your app will notice.

Agree with all of this; I also have two separate sections on my CV: one for Publications, one for Presentations.

OP, if you're trying to fill out AMCAS, just categorize it as a research activity (or publication if there's no other option) and then explain in the space below that it was an abstract or a poster or whatever.

 

[meowkat444]

Actually, it's just a little question on the Penn secondary that asks for pubs. I got all of into my AMCAS, don't you worry 😉 And actually, all the abstract for my posters/presentations at conferences made it into a journal that published the abstracts from the conference, hence my confusion.