Table 1 Publication rates of presentations at European Congress of Radiology 2000¹ and 2010 by author’s country of origin

Country

Number of abstracts

Number of articles

Publication percentage

Relative likelihood

p value

Publications per physician per 1000 population

Austria

96

48

50

1.00

–

15.4

United States

21

16

76

1.52 (1.12–2.08)

0.03

6.2

The Netherlands

24

14

58

1.17 (0.79–1.73)

0.46

4.4

Germany

343

185

54

1.08 (0.86–1.35)

0.49

58

Switzerland

32

17

53

1.06 (0.73–1.56)

0.75

4.9

France

29

15

52

1.03 (0.69–1.55)

0.87

4.54

UK

76

38

50

1.00 (0.74–1.35)

1

20

Belgium^a

29

14

48

0.97 (0.63–1.48)

0.87

3.6

Greece^a

38

16

42

0.84 (0.55–1.29)

0.4

3.74

Italy

158

57

36

0.72 (0.54–0.96)

0.03

15

Other

174

59

34

0.68 (0.51–0.90)

0.01

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Country

Number of abstracts

Number of articles

Publication percentage

Hazard ratios

p value

Publications per physician per 1000 population

Mean IF

Austria^d

36

12

33

–

–

2.5

3.5

Switzerland^c

39

24

62

2.62 (1.31–5.25)

0.01

5.8

3.7

France^c

38

23

61

2.33 (1.16–4.68)

0.02

6.8

4.3

Netherlands^d

46

27

59

2.28 (1.15–4.53)

0.02

9.3

5.2

Japan^c

21

11

52

1.77 (0.77–4.11)

0.18

4.8

3.1

South Korea^c

33

17

52

1.87 (0.89–3.91)

0.1

N/A^e

3

Germany^d

222

101

46

1.52 (0.83–2.76)

0.17

27.3

3.2

UK^d

37

17

46

1.58 (0.75–3.31)

0.23

6.3

2.9

Italy^c

138

50

36

1.13 (0.60–2.12)

0.71

13.5

2.7

United states^d

35

13

37

1.17 (0.53–2.61)

0.69

5.4

3.7

China^b

52

18

35

1.15 (0.56–2.40)

0.02

12

2.4