Publication Rates of Presentations Given at Annual Conferences of The Wildlife Society, 1994–2006

Annual conferences of The Wildlife Society (TWS) are important venues to advance wildlife science research through the presentation of papers and posters. However, no longitudinal analysis has been conducted of publication rates of TWS conference presentations. We classified all conference presentat...

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Published inWildlife Society bulletin (2011) Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 134 - 141
Main Authors Jon T. Mc Roberts, Adam W. Ferguson, Donelle L. Schwalm, Jennifer M. Timmer, Warren B. Ballard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wildlife Society 01.03.2014
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Academic conferences
Alternative publications
Author affiliation
Conference presentations
Original Article
Scholarly publishing
Search engines
United States government publications
Wildlife
Wildlife management
Wildlife studies
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Summary:Annual conferences of The Wildlife Society (TWS) are important venues to advance wildlife science research through the presentation of papers and posters. However, no longitudinal analysis has been conducted of publication rates of TWS conference presentations. We classified all conference presentations from 1994 to 2006 by publication status, publication outlet, lead author affiliation, and elapsed time between presentation and publication to analyze presentation and publication trends. Of the 6,279 presentations reviewed, 1,771 were published (28.2%), primarily in theJournal of Wildlife Management(22.9%) or theWildlife Society Bulletin(15.2%). The average time between presentation and publication was 30.1±0.6 months. Academics provided most of the presentations (52.6%), as well as publications (62.4%). We believe consideration of TWS annual conference presentation and publication metrics by TWS membership and conference organizers is warranted to ensure maximum stakeholder benefit. We discuss these implications of publication analysis and offer suggestions for increasing publication rates, if that becomes a goal of TWS. We encourage periodic investigation to quantify conference benefits and to better assess the efficacy of TWS conferences.
ISSN:2328-5540