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.
Improving transparency in the reporting of systematic reviews without meta-analysis
Find out why guidance is needed and what’s covered in the new Synthesis Without Meta-analysis (SWiM) guidelines.
Is preregistering scientific research becoming mainstream?
PLOS ONE now offers Registered Reports, shifting peer review focus from results to the quality of study design. Is this part of the future of open science?
[VIDEO]: Patient involvement in scientific communications
Listen to patient partnership specialist Lauri Arnstein’s perspectives on the role of patients in medical publishing.
International Women’s Day 2020: #EachforEqual
Find out more about why #EachforEqual is needed in scientific publishing and what you can do to support it.
A picture paints a thousand words: how data visualisation can improve scientific communication
In a recent article in Knowable magazine, Betsy Mason describes the benefits and pitfalls of different graphics and the need for better training in data visualisation.
Rare Disease Day 2020: Rare is many, rare is strong and rare is proud!
Find out about the events and activities that took place for this year’s Rare Disease Day.
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.
The ICMJE announces a new author disclosure form: what has changed and why?
Find out more about the impact the new ICMJE disclosure form will have on authors publishing in medical journals.
Draft guidance from cOAlition S supports transformative journals’ transition to full open access
Find out more about the requirements cOAlition S plans to set for ‘transformative journals’.
Successes and challenges in data sharing: insights from the YODA Project
With widespread and growing support for increased data sharing, what can we learn from the Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project and its collaboration with Johnson & Johnson?
Negative results can have a positive impact, but only if they are available!
The reproducibility crisis is linked to publication bias and a paucity of negative data. Find out how and why to get such data published.
16th Annual Meeting of ISMPP: COVID-19 update
The 16th Annual Meeting of ISMPP, April 20-22, 2020, in Washington, DC cancelled but will move to virtual format.
Meeting report: summary of Day 2 of the 2020 ISMPP European Meeting
Missed ISMPP EU 2020? Read our meeting report to get up to speed!
Should researchers be able to suggest peer reviewers?
Many journals ask submitting authors to suggest recommended peer reviewers, potentially risking bias and misconduct. Do the benefits outweigh these risks?
Meeting report: summary of Day 1 of the 2020 ISMPP European Meeting
Missed ISMPP EU 2020? Read our meeting report to get up to speed!