CategoryMedical writing

Posted July 12, 2018 Medical writing

[VIDEO] The life and times of the Global Alliance of Publication Professionals (GAPP)

Jackie Marchington, Director of Global Operations, Caudex, reflects on six years of the Global Alliance of Publication Professionals (GAPP).

Posted July 4, 2018 Medical writing

The influence of gender in the academic publishing process

Get up to date on how gender influences the academic publishing process and what can be done to establish gender equity.

Posted June 19, 2018 Medical writing

[VIDEO] What’s right in copyright and permissions? A publishers’ perspective

Sam Wilkinson, Senior Editor at Taylor & Francis, outlines the principles of copyright and how to seek appropriate permissions.

Posted June 12, 2018 Medical writing

Inferential statistics and false conclusions: is the p value to blame?

Significance testing and p values are widely used in medical publications, but just how meaningful are they?

Posted May 2, 2018 Medical writing

The end of a successful “pilot”: GAPP retires after 6 years

The GAPP team retires after six years of “providing a timely and credible response to influential stories about medical publication professionals”.

Posted April 17, 2018 Journal selection

How to get your clinical research published in a high-tier journal

In the latest issue of The Map Newsletter from ISMPP, medical communications professionals share their experience and tips on how to get clinical research published in high-tier journals.

Posted April 10, 2018 Medical writing

No improvement in reporting of non-pharmacological interventions in 13 years

The CONSORT extension for reporting non-pharmacological interventions was introduced in 2008. A recent study looks at the impact of this guidance on reporting standards.