ISMPP Highlights
ISMPP Releases Official Guidance to Address Authorship Challenges Related to COVID-19 Outbreak
Author responsiveness concerns in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic has resulted in apprehension and numerous inquiries from ISMPP members over the past several weeks. To address these unprecedented circumstances, ISMPP convened a consensus panel of experts to develop an Official Guidance…
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…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
Virtual Meetings: Virtually All You Need to Know!
Do you need or want to make your meeting completely or partly virtual? Are you worried about maintaining interactivity and engagement? How should the program look and feel? Do you understand how technology can be leveraged to create impactful virtual meetings? This article describes types of technology, when to use them…
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…
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: Manuscript Review by Non-English-Speaking Authors Raises Concerns
You are providing medical writing support on a manuscript for which all non-industry authors are from a non-English-speaking country. The manuscript is written in English, but it is clear from the kick-off call that very few of the non-industry authors have a good understanding of English…
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