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Posted July 22, 2019 Patient centricity / lay summary

How to involve patients in medical publishing: insights from a patient advocate

Simon Stones gives his view on the practical steps that patients, publishers and the pharmaceutical industry can take to boost patient involvement in research.

Posted June 27, 2019 Peer review

New guidelines for journals advise how to implement open peer review

As demand for transparency increases, many journals are adopting open peer review: learn more about best-practice guidelines for implementing such systems.

Posted June 25, 2019 Medical writing

The road to patient centricity: plain language summaries

An article in the MAP newsletter examines how plain language summaries are key in making peer-reviewed biomedical research accessible to all.

Posted June 20, 2019 Journal selection

Is the presence of predatory journals on PubMed a cause for concern?

How do predatory journals get indexed in PubMed and how big a problem is it?

Posted June 6, 2019 Patient centricity / lay summary

[VIDEO] Plain-language summaries: what are they, and why consider including them in our publications

Jan Seal-Roberts provides a topical discussion about plain-language summaries including why we should include these in our publications.

Posted June 6, 2019 Reporting guidelines

GPCAP recommendations fill an important gap

Specific guidelines describing best practice for developing conference abstracts and presentations are now available.

Posted June 4, 20191 Comment Peer review

Could preprint servers become self-organising peer review platforms?

Researchers propose that self-organising peer review for preprints could be the future of scholarly publishing.

Posted May 30, 2019 Medical writing

Would you like to write for The Publication Plan?

Share your expertise with the medical publishing community! The Publication Plan is now welcoming guest articles.

Posted May 16, 2019 Plagiarism

Is there too much reliance on computers to detect plagiarism?

Plagiarism detection software and the originality scores they generate are useful, but find out why human input is a fundamental part of the process.

Posted May 9, 2019 Medical writing

Statisticians revolt against the concept of ‘statistical significance’

Statisticians and over 800 signatories challenge the concept of ‘statistical significance’, calling for an end to overstated claims and missed discoveries.