Meeting report: summary of Day 2 of the 2021 ISMPP European Meeting
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The impact of expensive article processing charges on researchers from lower-income African countries
Learn how high article processing charges may prevent African researchers from publishing their work and what can be done to combat this issue.
Meeting report: summary of Day 1 of the 2021 ISMPP European Meeting
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Future Science Group – Publishing Plain Language Summary of Publications as standalone journal articles
Find out more about citable, peer-reviewed, plain language summary publications offered by Future Science Group.
Preservation of open access articles – is long-term storage guaranteed?
Find out more about the concerns that have been raised around the preservation of open access journals and their content, plus the solutions proposed.
PLOS trials a collective action business model for open access publishing
Find out why PLOS wants institutions to pay an annual open access fee under the Community Action Publishing model, rather than charging researchers per article.
Updated guidelines for reporting systematic reviews: the PRISMA 2020 statement
Get up to speed with the recently published PRISMA 2020 statement, which contains updated guidelines for reporting systematic reviews.
How can the medical communications industry improve equity, diversity and inclusion?
Find out more about the steps needed to achieve equity, diversity and inclusion in the medical communications industry and best practice points from ISMPP.
New artificial intelligence-specific extension to the SPIRIT guidelines published
A new SPIRIT extension aims to ensure high-quality reporting of published trial protocols of interventions with an artificial intelligence component.
[VIDEO] The future of medcomms including congresses in a post COVID-19 era
Jose Antonio Barrientos, Michelle Collins, Gaurav Kumar, Safeer Mughal and Sam Rushton-Reed discuss how medcomms has changed in light of COVID-19.
Why do researchers publish in predatory journals?
Cabells and CIBER Research tell us why predatory publishing remains commonplace across the world.
Does sharing health research on social media increase its impact?
Learn how using social media to share your research could increase its impact, and why this is becoming increasingly important.
How can we maximise the impact of scientific conferences?
Learn how the scientific community can boost the impact of conference presentations by utilising online platforms and social media.
Catch up with the OASPA 2020 Conference: recordings available
Find out more about what was covered at this year’s online conference of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA).
2021 European Meeting of ISMPP: A must-attend virtual event focused on our changing times
The 2021 European Meeting of ISMPP will take place virtually on 26–27 January: Register now!
Meeting report: summary of session 3 of the 8th EMWA Symposium
Missed the meeting? Read our report on the symposium entitled “Research integrity & the medical communicator: what we do when no one is watching.”