ISMPP Highlights
AMWA–EMWA–ISMPP Release Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing
AMWA, EMWA, and ISMPP have released a “Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing,” which was published in Current Medical Research & Opinion (CMRO) on July 29, 2019. The Joint Position Statement outlines the “serious threat”…
Advocacy & Outreach Committee Offers Educational Slide Library and Informational Webinars
ISMPP is pleased to announce two projects undertaken by the Advocacy & Outreach (A&O) Committee: one is an Educational Slide Library covering medical publication topics, and the other is Informational Webinars for those located in Europe and the Asia Pacific region…
Introducing CBMRT: Its Transparency Initiatives and Ambassador Network
The Center for Biomedical Research Transparency (CBMRT) was established in 2017 with a mission to increase transparency in biomedical research reporting. CBMRT aims to ensure that all high-quality biomedical research results…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
Narrative Reviews and Consensus Processes – Combining the Literature with Expert Opinion and Real-World Experience
Narrative reviews and Delphi consensus processes play important supporting roles in the collection and analysis of expert opinion by synthesizing the available evidence from the literature and…
What I Would Like You to Know: A Biostatistician’s Perspective
What are one or two things you want your medical publication colleagues to know from your experience working on clinical research publications? There is a common misconception about probability and the use of the p-value…
No More RoboWars – AI and Medical Communications
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being researched and applied in many industries, and it is showing promise in the clinic. Given this trend, what might be the effect of AI on the medical communications landscape and its expert practitioners in the future?…
What Would You Do?
In our role as medical publication professionals, we may occasionally encounter situations in which it is not obvious how to ensure good publication practice. Have you ever wished you could consult the ISMPP membership for guidance when these situations arise? Here’s your opportunity!
What Would You Do? is a new section of The MAP that presents case scenarios as an educational tool for medical publication professionals. The section provides a case scenario to ponder, and readers are invited to participate in a poll by selecting one of the listed solutions. Readers can also submit their thoughts on the scenario anonymously. The poll results, plus educational insights, are posted in a later issue for readers to digest.
POLL: Delayed Review Calls Authorship into Question
You are a company medical publication professional. The lead author of a manuscript in development was key in acquiring data for the study and actively engaged in the initial discussions that shaped the outline for the paper. However, he/she was slow to send feedback…
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