MD & DO Listing Abstracts as Publications

[Redpancreas]

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Question for application reviewers for IM/etc. There seems to be a significant trend where applicants are listing abstracts as publications.

Ex.) Trends in Myocardial Infarction 2001-2020:. Journal of American College Cardiology (Online Supplement). July 2024. Publication Status: Accepted/In-Press.

Here is an example. This initially reads as published in a Q1 journal. Only a closer look reveals it is an abstract. There's a significant difference. Are app reviewers noticing this or should everyone just list their abstracts as publications if there's a DOI/Online Supplement. Also...accepted/in-press makes it look like it is published. (of note, title changed...)

A deep dive reveals the truth but who's doing that deep dive on every application? With AI tools and hundreds of applications to review, most will easily be fooled by this.

 

[lanzhou_lamian]

I list abstracts and posters as one heading and peer reviewed pubs as another. That said, I don’t think there’s a huge problem listing everything together. It’s the reviewers job to determine the significance of a publication.