Why is the popularity of short communications decreasing?
Learn about the importance of short communications in scientific publishing and the potential impact of their decline.
[VIDEO] Managing the tricky planning and collection of meeting data
Braydon McCormick and Mark Handforth discuss collecting meaningful data about meetings.
Tracking diversity in scientific publishing – a new global initiative
Find out why journals are planning to ask authors, reviewers, and editors about their gender, race, and ethnicity.
[VIDEO] From web 1.0 to social communities: understanding the evolution of HCP engagement
Antonia Trent and James Atherton discuss recent changes in the HCP engagement landscape.
Quantifying authorship in clinical trial publications – a new algorithm
Learn about a new decision support tool developed to supplement the ICMJE criteria and GPP3 guidelines.
How to assess the credibility of clinical trial findings?
Read about Cochrane reviewers’ approaches to detecting and tackling potential fraud in clinical trial publications.
Join us at the 10th EMWA Symposium: “Communicating with the public – what has the COVID-19 pandemic taught us?”
The 10th EMWA Symposium will take place on 5 May, 2022. Register now!
Female and nonbinary scholars call for socially just practices in scientific publishing
Read about the proposed actions to increase social justice in scientific publishing.
The key to open access success: a publisher’s insight from one million open access articles
Springer Nature’s Chief Publishing Officer provides an insight into the transition to open access publishing following their publication of 1 million open access articles.
Plain language summaries: what format do patients want?
Find out patient preferences for the format and complexity of plain language summaries.
How do nonsense papers make their way into reputable journals?
Get up to date with the growing fraudulent impersonation problem hitting journals publishing special issues.
Long COVID: the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the scientific community
Find out the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the scientific community.
Should peer reviewer identities be revealed?
Read about the pros and cons of disclosing reviewer identities as part of the open review process.
Is it time to rewrite the rules on duplicate submission in the age of preprints?
Preprints have changed the way that authors can receive feedback on their manuscript; but when does it verge on ‘unethical’ duplicate peer review?
Zero Discrimination Day: what can the medical publications community do?
Find out more about efforts to end discrimination and promote health equity.
How to preprint properly: updated guidance from the ICMJE
Find out more about ICMJE’s latest recommendations on the use of preprints in scientific publishing.