How to Boost the Impact of Scientific Conferences
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We can maximize the impact of scientific conferences by uploading all conference presentations, posters, and abstracts to highly trafficked public repositories for each content type. Talks can be hosted on sites like YouTube and Youku, posters can be published on Figshare, and papers and abstracts can become open access preprints.
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Posters with a strong first impression are more likely to capture attention and facilitate further engagement.
“This reinforces our finding that posters with a strong first impression, such as those mindfully using the better poster or classic format, are more likely to capture attention and facilitate further engagement.”
From What Makes a Good Poster? Evaluating #BetterPoster and Classic Formats at a Scientific Cancer Conference (2026) · cites this paper as [13]
The 'Posters Can Have a Second Life on Figshare' section discusses poster visitor counts and online reach, not first impressions or poster formats. The 'Social Media Posts Can Teach, Not Just Tantalize' section suggests that informative social-media posts may prompt click-throughs, but our copy does not address whether a strong first impression from better-poster or classic-format posters captures attention and leads to further engagement. (LLM, conf=0.74)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredOther researchers have emphasized the importance of first impressions at academic conferences.
“Other researchers have emphasized the importance of first impressions at academic conferences.”
From What Makes a Good Poster? Evaluating #BetterPoster and Classic Formats at a Scientific Cancer Conference (2026) · cites this paper as [13]
The section “Focusing on User Goals Can Help Conferences Invent All-New Formats” lists meeting new people as a conference goal, but does not discuss the importance of first impressions. Searches for “first impressions” and for impressions when meeting or networking with people found no passage addressing that point. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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Kivetz, R., Urminsky, O., & Zheng, Y. (2006) · Journal of Marketing Research · doi:10.1509/jmkr.43.1.39 · Cited by 731 · see citing works
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Research works printed but not linked: 2
- SABER (@SABERcommunity) (2020). “Our virtual poster committee has done a fantastic job organizing posters and making them (and their authors' contact info) easy to find and appreciate!” Twitter, July 17, 2020, 4:37 p.m. https://twitter.com/SABERcommunity/status/1284225713676132353.
- Vanfossen L. Lessons learned from hosting a VR conference. Educators in VR, March 8, 2020 2020 https://educatorsinvr.com/2020/03/08/behind-the-scenes-of-the-educators-in-vr-international-summit/
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Bentsen, L., & Østergaard, D. E. (2026) · Journal of Cancer Education · doi:10.1007/s13187-025-02622-1 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Oronje, B., Morrison, M., Suharlim, C., Folkman, K., Glaude-Hosh, A., & Jeisy-Scott, V. (2024) · doi:10.32388/p7n5bo.2 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Morrison, M., Merlo, K., & Woessner, Z.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Corresponding author
- Morrison, Mike
- Venue
- Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 182
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1067-1071
- ISSN
- 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7470861
- OpenAlex
- W3081763945
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4
- FWCI
- 1.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (T42 OH 008438)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Keywords
- scientific conferences, conference impact, open access, preprints, open repositories, conference presentations, abstracts, video hosting, Figshare
- MeSH terms
- Congresses as Topic, Publishing, Science, Social Media
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