[PODCAST] Open access: opportunities and challenges
Listen to Kristen Ratan discuss the benefits and challenges of open access.
ISMPP West 2020
The virtual ISMPP West 2020 will take place on October 1-2, 2020, with the meeting theme, The Winds of Change: Navigating Uncharted Territory for Medical Communication Professionals.
As science looks to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to publish with transparency, speed and openness is ever greater
The increasing range of publication choices and demand for open access are explored in this sponsored article from Taylor & Francis Group.
[PODCAST] Plain language summaries: best practices
Listen to Jason Gardner discuss how to prepare and store plain language summaries in this podcast from ISMPP.
Preprint servers and the publishers embracing open peer review
Publishers show enthusiasm for preprints by allowing transfer from preprint servers to submission sites and by integrating preprint platforms into manuscript submission workflows.
cOAlition S bypass a block on the road to open access
cOAlition S Rights Retention Strategy aims to safeguard researchers’ intellectual ownership, enabling embargo-free sharing of research in online repositories.
[PODCAST] Measuring publication value
Listen to Alice Choi discuss traditional and new journal metrics in this new podcast from ISMPP.
[VIDEO] Disrupted events: what’s happening in #MedComms practice?
Five sessions from the MedComms Forum provide valuable, practical insights into how medical events are changing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Steps to reduce bias in systematic review protocols
Systematic reviews are generally considered gold standard evidence in healthcare, but a founding member of Cochrane believes steps can be taken to increase transparency and reduce bias in their protocols.
Journal citation counts increase despite discontinuation from Scopus
Analysis of metrics for journals discontinued from Scopus for publication concerns highlights a need for clearer warnings on articles from such journals.
Are peer review decisions arbitrary?
Mathematical model highlights the arbitrariness of peer review and finds that more innovative papers are less likely to be selected for presentation.
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.
The challenge of defining predatory publishing
Kyle Siler describes the complexities of differentiating predatory and non-predatory publishing.
Metadata in scholarly communications
Metadata 2020 set out their principles for use of metadata in scholarly publishing, aiming to achieve richer, reusable, open metadata across research outputs.
Meeting report: summary of Day 3 of the 16th Annual Meeting of ISMPP
Missed the 16th Annual Meeting of ISMPP? Read our meeting report to get up to speed!
Meeting report: summary of Day 2 of the 16th Annual Meeting of ISMPP
Missed the 16th Annual Meeting of ISMPP? Read our meeting report to get up to speed!