How COVID-19 is exacerbating gender inequality in scientific research
Find out more about how disproportionate care loads, exacerbated by the pandemic, are impacting women’s ability to participate in scientific publishing.
Post-production misconduct: an emerging trend in scientific fraud
Two articles explore how the use of metrics has enabled the evolution of new types of scientific fraud, including citation manipulation.
Going beyond authorship: redefining research recognition
Get up to date with the key improvements in research recognition, including information on contributor roles taxonomy (CRediT) and updates to ORCID.
ISMPP poll: Concerns about manuscript review by non-English speaking authors – what would you do?
ISMPP poll result in ‘The MAP’ explores what to do if you have concerns about a potentially insufficient manuscript review by non-English speaking authors
How is coronavirus affecting medical publication planning?
A survey provides insights into the effects of COVID-19 on medical communications and the immediate and long-term adjustments being made as a result.
Patient authorship: key questions answered (Part B)
Part B of a two-part series delves into the practicalities of patient authorship and offers tips for effective and ethical patient collaboration.
Patient authorship: key questions answered (Part A)
Patient authorship is here and here to stay. Part A of a two-part series explores how sponsors may benefit from patient authorship, or risk getting left behind.
Authorship: a question of order
Find out more about how medical publication professionals make decisions about authorship order.
COVID-19: ISMPP issues guidance regarding authorship challenges
Find out more about ISMPP’s guidance for navigating author non-responsiveness in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
[VIDEO]: Patient involvement in scientific communications
Listen to patient partnership specialist Lauri Arnstein’s perspectives on the role of patients in medical publishing.
Navigating the challenges of conference materials: insights from GPCAP
Jackie Marchington gives her perspective on the Good Practice for Conference Abstracts and Presentations (GPCAP) recommendations.
Patient involvement in medical publishing: insights from a publication professional
Dawn Lobban, Senior Scientific Lead at Alligent Europe, Envision Pharma shares her experience of involving patients in medical publishing.
ISMPP poll: delayed review by lead author ‒ what would you do?
A new poll result published in the MAP newsletter explores the best approach for dealing with a non-responsive lead author.
ISMPP poll: non-disclosure of possible COI by author ‒ what would you do?
The MAP newsletter explores an issue faced by medical publication professionals.
2019 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Improving gender parity in medical publishing: what’s going on and how you can get involved.
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.