American College of Epidemiology             Poster submission guidelines and              criteria for judging abstracts

ACE Poster Submission Guidelines [Download abstract form]

1. Multiple submissions by the same author(s) will be permitted.

2. Only original abstracts will be accepted. Abstracts previously accepted and published by other societies are not eligible for submission. Abstract content must be previously unpublished material. Results from a manuscript that has been submitted for publication and is currently under review are acceptable.

3. To avoid submission of abstracts to multiple societies with similar submission deadlines (and subsequent withdrawals), the submission deadline for latebreaker abstracts is April 1. The ACE Publications Committee is responsible for coordinating the poster submissions and Annals publishing deadlines.

4. Abstracts on topics in any area of epidemiology are eligible, not just on those topics related to the theme of the meeting.

5. Submitters whose abstracts have been accepted will be expected to attend the meeting and present their posters. A registration confirmation must be received four weeks prior to the meeting date in order for the abstract to be included in the program.

Criteria for Judging Abstracts for Posters at ACE Annual Meeting

1. PURPOSE: Hypothesis explicitly stated. Study methodology clearly and succinctly described.

2. METHODS: Exposure and outcome exactly and explicitly described, including any written instruments used to measure exposure or outcome. Analysis clearly and explicitly described.

3. RESULTS: if measures of association are estimated then quantitative results should be shown, including the point estimate with confidence intervals. No abstracts will be accepted of studies which are "going to be done" or do not have at least some preliminary data.

4. CONCLUSIONS: Conclusions clearly and conservatively reported for the previously stated hypothesis .

6. Clearly written in good English

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