ISMPP Highlights
Predatory Publishing Joint Position Statement Now in Multiple Languages
AMWA, EMWA, and ISMPP released their Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing in July 2019, published in Current Medical Research & Opinion (CMRO). The organizations are pleased to announce that six months after publication, the Joint Position Statement is available in eight languages…
Celebrating Record Attendance and a Successful 2020 European Meeting of ISMPP
The 2020 European Meeting of ISMPP was a resounding success, with a record-setting 350 attendees – an impressive 17% increase over the 300 attendees seen the past two years! Meeting attendees were taken on a fascinating journey…
Introducing the ISMPP Social Media and Web-based Metrics Working Group: What Is It Up To?
Are you interested in learning how social media and web-based metrics can be utilized in publication planning, and what guidelines and best practices should be followed? The ISMPP Social Media and Web-based Metrics Working Group…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
What I Would Like You to Know: A Regulatory Expert’s Perspective
What are one or two things you want your medical publication colleagues to know from your experience as a regulatory professional working on scientific publications? Increasingly, authors of medical publications aim to provide regulatory context for, or demonstrate the regulatory significance of, their findings with respect to…
How Article-Level Metrics Can Improve Your Publication Planning
Effective publication planning requires a good understanding of the uptake and impact of individual publications. In the past, our ability to measure this has been limited because publication planners have only had access to journal impact factors and citation counts. With the advent of web-native and article-level metrics…
Advisory Boards: Words of Advice and a 10-point Checklist
Are you considering running an advisory board meeting? Do you want to improve on an advisory board you managed recently – or are you about to start planning your first? Do you have questions such as: How do I plan the meeting? How can I ensure compliance with regulations? Whom should I invite? How can I ensure the meeting meets my objectives?…
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.
POLL RESULTS: The Authorship Order Dilemma
You are a company medical publication professional. The publication steering committee of a company-sponsored pivotal phase 3 clinical trial has selected investigators to serve as authors, but the committee and authors are having difficulty in deciding the order of authorship. During discussions, multiple authors believe that they have equal rights to the first author position based on their contributions. What Would You Do?
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