Research integrity: putting principles into practice
Find out how principles of research integrity can be put into practice to combat fraud and misconduct.
Acknowledging professional writing support in publications – are we doing enough?
It is standard practice to name professional medical writers in publications, but how should we acknowledge subcontracted or freelance support?
Overcoming barriers to reporting negative data: perspectives from the Center for Biomedical Research Transparency’s founder
Sandra Petty discusses the Null Hypothesis Initiative and looks to the future of reporting negative data.
17th Annual Meeting of ISMPP: embrace new approaches & opportunities!
The 17th Annual Meeting of ISMPP will be held virtually on April 12-14, 2021: register now!
Medical Publishing Insights & Practices launch Enhanced Publication Options Navigator
Find out more about what this resource has to offer.
Improving reproducibility in scientific research: insights from the UK Reproducibility Network
Professor Marcus Munafò discusses the importance of reproducibility in scientific research and how we can overcome barriers to achieving it.
Meeting report: summary of Day 2 of the 2021 ISMPP European Meeting
Missed the meeting? Read our report to get up to speed!
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
Missed the meeting? Read our report to get up to speed!
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.