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Boost your fitness in the rapidly evolving healthcare communications environment by joining us at the 2019 European Meeting of ISMPP, 22-23 January, in London, UK.
The latest updates to ICMJE’s reporting recommendations
The ICMJE recently updated its recommendations, providing guidance on issues such as use of preprint servers, conflict of interest reporting and journal metrics.
The fifth edition of the STM report
The fifth edition of the STM report provides an in-depth review of current issues and recent trends within the scientific and scholarly publishing industry.
Free webinar on open access publishing
A free 90-minute webinar from ISMPP, open to all.
China backs the Plan S open access initiative
China has pledged its support for Plan S, an initiative striving to make the results of publicly funded research freely available immediately on publication.
Increasing quality and transparency of preclinical data: an opportunity for publication professionals?
An article in the MAP newsletter examines how publication professionals could help to increase preclinical publishing standards.
Peer review: a step on the road to assurance
In an article published in The New York Times, Professor Aaron E. Carroll critiques the peer review system and provides a number of suggestions for improvements.
Insights from the new Retraction Watch database
An analysis by Science Magazine of Retraction Watch’s new database challenges a number of common perceptions surrounding retractions and reveals some important key themes.
The global impact of the Medical Writer Joint Position Statement
The impact of the AMWA–EMWA–ISMPP Joint Position Statement on the Role of Professional Medical Writers is revealed in the MAP newsletter.
The experiences of patient and public peer reviewers revealed
We take a look at the results of the first study evaluating the experiences of patient and public reviewers.
Wellcome prizes up for grabs for innovative re-use of open data
Researchers can win Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes for new insights, tools or health applications generated from re-use of open data.
Are mirror journals the solution to publishing open access under Plan S?
While mirror journals have been proposed as an alternative to hybrid journals for open access publishing under Plans S, recent guidance indicates they may not be compliant.
How to overcome the issue of poorly reported clinical trial outcomes
A number of initiatives developed to prevent researchers from only reporting the most impressive outcomes of clinical trials are explored in an opinion piece from The BMJ.
Do authors comply with funder-mandated open access policies?
Are all publications of research supported by funders with open access mandates freely available? A new analysis looks at the rates of compliance.
Are researchers able to access trial data? Audit provides insights on data sharing from industry-sponsored studies
A recent study published in BMC Medicine audits data sharing from pharmaceutical industry-sponsored clinical studies.
Patient partnerships: what can other journals learn from The BMJ?
The BMJ uses its experience with patient partnerships to encourage other journals to increase patient involvement.