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Keywords from the abstract title, along with the first, second, and last author\u2019s name, were searched via PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus to determine publication status. Results: A total of 320 abstracts were analysed. Of those, 57 abstracts (17.8%) were published. Almost 70% of published abstracts appeared in open access journals that charge article processing fees. Early publications (\u226418 months from the conference date) had higher median journal impact factors compared to later publications. Approximately 42% of the published abstracts had collaborations with the Institute for Clinical Research (ICR) or Clinical Research Centres (CRCs). An increasing number of authors in an abstract and having the first author from a research centre, reduced and increased the odds of publication, respectively. Conclusions: The NCCR publication rate is lower compared to the reported average in other scientific conferences abroad. More encouragement and support to publish should be provided to the presenting authors. Clinicians should also be encouraged to collaborate with research centres such as those from the ICR or CRCs to boost publication likelihoods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/publications10040036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,10]],"date-time":"2022-10-10T03:07:28Z","timestamp":1665371248000},"page":"36","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Scientific Abstract to Full Paper: Publication Rate over a 3-Year Period in a Malaysian Clinical Research Conference"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4530-8466","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicholas Yee Liang","family":"Hing","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam 40170, Selangor, Malaysia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1036-8023","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xin Ci","family":"Wong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Digital Health Research & Innovation, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam 40170, Selangor, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Pei Xuan","family":"Kuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Digital Health Research & Innovation, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam 40170, Selangor, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Mohan Dass","family":"Pathmanathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Digital Health Research & Innovation, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam 40170, Selangor, Malaysia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0014-1060","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohd Aizuddin","family":"Abdul Rahman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Digital Health Research & Innovation, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam 40170, Selangor, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Kalaiarasu M.","family":"Peariasamy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam 40170, Selangor, Malaysia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"265","DOI":"10.1191\/1740774505cn091oa","article-title":"Abstracts Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference: How Completely Are Trials Reported?","volume":"2","author":"Hopewell","year":"2005","journal-title":"Clin. 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