ISMPP Highlights
Understanding Altmetrics – What Are They, How Can You Use Them, and What Do They Mean?
Alternative, article level publication metrics (“altmetrics”) provide publication planners with a powerful tool to understand the uptake and impact of individual publications. This graphic article provides an overview of the wide variety of article-level altmetrics available, and how they can be used to assess different types of audience engagement…
ISMPP West 2020: Our Profession in a COVID-19-Impacted World
The virtual ISMPP West 2020 meeting, October 1-2, focused on the topics-of-the-day as they relate to medical publications and communications in a COVID-19-impacted world. With 126 participants, the meeting – themed The Winds of Change: Navigating Uncharted Territory for Medical Communication Professionals – was…
ISMPP Announces Steady Progress on GPP4 Guidance for Medical Publication Professionals
The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) is honored to support the fourth iteration of Good Publication Practices (GPP4) and to announce that the GPP4 Steering Committee has made substantial progress in developing this critical document for medical publication professionals. GPP is…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
Addressing Regional Needs in Your Global Scientific Communication Platform
When developing a scientific communication platform (SCP), are you considering whether it will be relevant to workstreams and stakeholders worldwide? The overarching story described within an SCP is not beholden to a specific label but is based in science and intended to be broadly applicable across the organization. However, to ensure uptake of an SCP into all relevant workstreams,…
COVID-19, Is it Business as (Un)usual for Publications Planning?
Public health measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus quickly impacted many medical publication activities, including data collection, data release at congresses, and author participation in publications. This article presents the findings of a survey on the immediate and anticipated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical publication activities…
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Patient Authorship: Three Key Questions (& Answers!) for Medical Communication Professionals [Part B]
This is the second article in a two-part series on patient authorship. Part B answers two key questions to support engaging patient authors and managing related challenges, and shares practical tips to help medical communication professionals work with patient authors, ethically and effectively…
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 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.
Preprint Review Results in Added Author?
You are the Scientific Director of a medical communications agency who is working with the Publications Director at a large pharma company. An external author posts draft one of a preclinical manuscript on their department preprint server to invite review and comments from colleagues who performed some of the work yet did not meet all ICMJE criteria for full authorship…
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