VIDEO ABSTRACTS: DO THE METRICS STACK UP? Tom Rees1, Sandra Lê2, Leigh Prevost1, and Sheelah Smith1 1PAREXEL International, Worthing, UK; 2Dove Medical Press, Macclesfield, UK Objective: Video abstracts offer a means to present results that complement the full paper. We aimed to compare video abstract views with other publication metrics in order to understand better the role they play in disseminating research findings. Research design and methods: Metrics were obtained from YouTube for all video abstracts published by the open-access publisher, Dove Medical Press. All articles with video abstracts published in four journals in different therapy areas over the period February 27, 2014, to March 19, 2015, were analyzed (average time since publication: 212 days), and compared with metrics for matched articles without video abstracts. Results: A total of 31 articles with video abstracts were identified. Average number of views per video was 364; most views came from United States, India, and United Kingdom. Males were 66% of viewers and 36% were aged 25–34 years. In our sample, video abstracts did not increase with time. Video views were weakly correlated with text abstract views (r-squared = 0.22) and with full paper views (r2 = 0.23) with around 1.5 video views per full paper view. Full views of papers with a video abstract were similar to those of papers without. Conclusions: Video abstracts are of interest to many authors and readers and complement full views. This is in line with authors’ and publication professionals’ views that publishing a video abstract increases the reach of research results and may increase downloads. UPDATED ABSTRACT • Video abstracts offer a novel means to present study results that can both complement and enrich the full published article. • Presenting results through a different medium could address the learning style preferences of a wider group. • In an accompanying poster, we present survey results that indicate high levels of interest from authors in video abstracts although concerns over impact and value were raised. INTRODUCTION • Video abstracts appear to be more popular with younger audiences. • The low correlation between video abstract, conventional abstract and full paper views suggests that they are reaching different audiences; however, video abstracts do not appear to replace or encourage full paper views. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS • In this exploratory analysis, we aimed to compare video abstract views with other publication metrics in order to understand better the role that video abstracts play in disseminating research findings. OBJECTIVE RESULTS • Across the Dove Medical Press portfolio, the mean number of views per video abstract was 364. Scan QR code to download this poster Scan QR code to download any of PAREXEL’s and Dove Medical Press’ posters presented at ISMPP Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge and thank PAREXEL Editorial and Creative Services for their support. 11th Annual Meeting of ISMPP; April 27–29, 2015, Arlington, VA, USA. • Aggregate viewing statistics for all video abstracts published by Dove Medical Press, an open-access publisher, were obtained from YouTube. • Four journals published by Dove Medical Press across diverse medical fields were identified: Clinical Ophthalmology, Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy. • Metrics for all papers with video abstracts published over a 12-month period (February 27, 2014, to March 19, 2015) were obtained (including original research articles, reviews, case series, and case reports).  Views on PubMed Commons were excluded from this analysis. • For the control group we identified, for each video abstract, the article of the same type closest in publication date, but without a video abstract. • Relationships were explored using linear regression, two sample T-tests and, for