Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1985 Oct 12;291(6501):1028-31. doi: 10.1136/bmj.291.6501.1028.

International scientific meetings: relation between structure and function.

British medical journal (Clinical research ed.)

D Evered, R Porter, J Nugent

PMID: 3931777 PMCID: PMC1416953 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6501.1028
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Abstract

Increasing pressure is being placed on the scientific community to evaluate research activities. Scientific meetings consume a small but important fraction of the research budget. Audit of a well established series of scientific meetings showed that they met their immediate objectives in that they were international and multidisciplinary and provided a forum in which all participants actively contributed to discussion. The meetings had a positive outcome for the participants, leading in many cases to the subsequent exchange of research material (60% of participants) and to the establishment of collaborative research projects (31%). The impact of the meetings on the scientific community at large was assessed by citation analysis, which showed that the proceedings were cited early, often, and over a substantial period.

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MeSH terms

• Australia
• Congresses as Topic / organization & administration
• Europe
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Humans
• Research*
• United States

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• Journal Article

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