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Join ICON plc at this webinar, featuring Jeffrey Beall, to learn tips and tools to enhance your medical publication efforts and to help avoid so-called “predatory journals”. The webinar will discuss the … Continue Reading [FREE WEBINAR]: Optimise Medical Publishing and Avoid “Predatory Journals”
Have you ever wondered what the journal editor’s viewpoint is on your article, or what happens once you send your manuscript to a journal? This webinar will provide an overview … Continue Reading [FREE WEBINAR] The peer review process – what happens when you send your manuscript to a journal
The pressure on top universities to publish breakthrough basic research in top ranking journals has never been greater, as this can have a direct impact on the degree of funding … Continue Reading BBC investigation suggests official data underestimate scale of ‘fake research’ in UK universities
The Open Access movement is on an upwards trajectory, with more and more research being made freely available each year. And yet the pace of change has been slower than … Continue Reading Helping Open Access pick up the pace
In a drive to improve the quality of scientific research, prevent fraudulent reporting, and to reinforce their core belief that openness and transparency are core tenets of scientific research, a … Continue Reading Editor asked to resign from journal after making a stand on data sharing during peer review
Paul Farrow of Oxford PharmaGenesis reviews the published evidence that supports the new AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP joint position statement on the role of professional medical writers. Further information about the statement can … Continue Reading [VIDEO] Unpacking the evidence behind the AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement
Chris Winchester of Oxford PharmaGenesis presents details of the new AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP joint position statement on the role of professional medical writers that was published earlier this year. Further information about … Continue Reading [VIDEO] AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP joint position statement on the role of professional medical writers
What should you do if you discover a mistake in one of your publications? The Committee on Publication Ethics recommends retraction of papers where there is: ‘clear evidence that the … Continue Reading Forgive and forget: authors not penalised for self-retraction
In a recent article Andrew J. Hoffmann, from the University of Michigan, argues that academia’s focus on publication in top-tier ‘A’ journals as a measure of success, for both an … Continue Reading Does a focus on top-tier journals narrow the impact of research?
Many journals now require authors to make their data freely available after publication. These include the British Medical Journal (BMJ), which first published an editorial encouraging the sharing of data … Continue Reading Data sharing promised but not delivered
Over two days last month (21–22 February 2017), around 100 delegates and exhibitors attended The 16th Annual International Publication Planning (TIPPA) meeting in San Diego. The agenda was centred around … Continue Reading Meeting report: Summary of Day 2 of The 16th Annual International Publication Planning (TIPPA) Meeting
Recently, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) reviewed its Policy for Relationships with Companies (2013) and removed proposed restrictions, deciding instead that disclosure rather than restriction was more conducive … Continue Reading New ASCO policy on author relationships with companies
With ambitions of becoming an editor, Dr Anna Olga Szust, an associate professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, circulated her CV to 360 biomedical journals with a cover … Continue Reading Sting operation highlights the dubious practices of predatory journals
Jeffrey Beall is a librarian who until recently curated a black list of predatory journals and publishers on the Scholarly Open Access website. Beall defined a list of criteria that … Continue Reading What makes a journal ‘predatory’?
For a seemingly innocuous punctuation mark, the Oxford comma generates a surprising amount of controversy. Otherwise known as the serial comma, the Oxford comma is written after the penultimate item … Continue Reading Pay dispute won thanks to missing Oxford comma
Over two days last month (21–22 February 2017), around 100 delegates and exhibitors attended The 16th Annual International Publication Planning (TIPPA) meeting in San Diego. The agenda was centred … Continue Reading Meeting report: Summary of Day 1 of The 16th Annual International Publication Planning (TIPPA) Meeting
