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2011 ASCB Annual Meeting abstracts
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15 December 2011
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Abstract
The abstracts of the 2011 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Annual Meeting
are attached to this article as searchable PDF files. To view the files, click on
the Abstracts link in the content box in the middle column of the HTML version of
this article.
The ASCB and the Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) decided to
present the Annual Meeting abstracts in this manner so that they will be clearly associated
with the ASCB's basic research journal and can be properly archived. The abstracts
of the 2010 ASCB Annual Meeting were published soon after the meeting (American Society
for Cell Biology, 2010). The abstracts of the 2005–2009 ASCB Annual Meetings were
published retroactively (American Society for Cell Biology, 2011).
Historically, abstracts of each ASCB Annual Meeting were published in a printed supplement
to MBoC. That practice was discontinued in 2005, and abstracts were instead made available
on the ASCB's website. Thus the historical link between the abstracts and the journal
became tenuous, although authors were encouraged to cite ASCB Annual Meeting abstracts
as having appeared in a supplement to MBoC. The association between the Annual Meeting
abstracts and MBoC has been restored by making the abstracts available in the online
journal.
Archiving of meeting abstracts is important because they are often cited in the scientific
literature. They need to be permanently available. Although the ASCB is committed
to maintaining abstracts from its Annual Meetings since 2003 on its website, it is
prudent to preserve such documents in multiple locations. The 2010 Annual Meeting
abstracts will now be available on the MBoC website at HighWire Press and in downstream
repositories such as PubMed Central as well as on the ASCB website.
All abstracts submitted for ASCB Annual Meetings are screened by the abstract programming
committee to ensure that they meet minimum submission standards. However,
they
are not peer-reviewed
.
Abstracts are citable. Citation styles vary by journal, but one way in which 2011
ASCB Annual Meeting abstracts may be cited is as follows:
Smith AB, Jones CD (2010). Abstract title. Mol Biol Cell 22, 4705 (abstract #).
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