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.
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.
Less than half of US clinical trials report results on ClinicalTrials.gov on time
Less than half of trials on clinicaltrials.gov meet the FDAAA results reporting deadline in a study from Ben Goldacre’s EBM DataLab at Oxford University
Call to action: help us to keep delivering freely-accessible, high quality news for medical publication professionals
The Publication Plan is now welcoming sponsorship, help us to keep delivering high quality, freely available new for medical publication professionals
New updates to the ICMJE’s reporting recommendations: focus on transparency
We summarise the key changes to the ICMJE recommendations for authors and medical publication professionals.
Digital features in medical publishing: a publisher’s perspective
Caroline Halford, Digital Publishing Manager at Springer Healthcare, gives her view on the value of enhanced features and an update on the evolution of digital publishing.
ISMPP poll: delayed review by lead author ‒ what would you do?
A new poll result published in the MAP newsletter explores the best approach for dealing with a non-responsive lead author.
Advantages and challenges of narrative reviews and Delphi consensus initiatives
Help and guidance for writing narrative reviews and Delphi consensus statements.
Plan S version 2: the right approach to full open access?
Following the revised guidance on Plan S, Bernd Pulverer questions whether cOAlition S is making the most of the opportunity to push for open science.
[VIDEO] Plain-language summaries: what are they, and why consider including them in our publications
Jan Seal-Roberts provides a topical discussion about plain-language summaries including why we should include these in our publications.
The challenges of rare disease publication planning
Discover how to develop an effective publications strategy for rare diseases with a recent article from the MAP newsletter.
It’s time to increase awareness of data ‘FAIRness’
Are you familiar with the FAIR data principles? Find out how to boost your data’s usefulness by making your data FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
Patient reported outcomes: are they an essential element of publication planning?
A recent article in Medical Writing provides insights into the importance of patient reported outcomes in publication planning and guidance for best practice.
Division among Cochrane members: what does the future hold?
Cochrane members have become divided over growing centralisation of the organisation. An article in The BMJ explores the question, “Has Cochrane lost its way?”.