Publications, Presentations, Abstracts

[ghgi8]

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I've had some radonc residents at the institute where I'm doing my research tell me that I should try to write up an abstract regardless of whether I'm first author or not on the project that I'm helping with. They said that there are numerous sections on ERAS: one to list publications, another to list your abstracts, another for presentations...and that it will be beneficial to have multiple listings for each project if possible. Being a 3rd year and not having any experience with what qualifies for each section, I was hoping someone could help break it down for me. If I am third or fourth author on a paper, can I write my own version of an abstract for it or does one need to be first author to have this privelige? Once an abstract is written, does it have to be submitted and recognized somewhere for it to "count." Do presentations need to be given at research conferences? What is proper mentor etiquette with regards to all this....do I need to ask for permission to write up an abstract? Thanks in advance, I conducted a search but couldn't find what I was looking for.

 

[IndyXRT]

Generally, you need to submit the abstract first. You can only submit an abstract (with identical data) to one meeting (this is true for most of the major meetings, although there may be smaller meetings that will allow similar abstracts to be presented). If it is not accepted, it can be submitted to another meeting. There's always the trick of spinning the data in a different way (adding a few patients, looking at a different variable, etc.) to get multiple abstracts out of one project.

Once an abstract is accepted, the people running the meeting may (or may not) give you a presentation (poster, poster discussion, or oral presentation).

The paper is written after abstracts are presented. Once the paper is written, generally nobody is interested in an abstract covering the same data(again, small meetings may be an exception).

The type of meeting that an abstract is presented at makes a difference. Your place on the author list also makes a difference. If your name is listed on a publication/abstract, it is OK to list it on your CV or application. However, if you're lost in the middle, people will think you didn't do much of the work and won't be very impressed (rightly or wrongly).

You cannot write up abstracts/papers on somebody else's project without permission (as a student, in general, it is always somebody else's project, as you need a research mentor to be able to conduct research projects). Hope this answers your questions.

 

[ghgi8]

Thanks that was very helpful!