What’s in Your Mailbox? Great Newsletters for Medical Communications
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Highlights of GPP 2022
The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) just announced that the latest iteration of their Good Publication Practice document (GPP 2022) for industry-sponsored medical publications is available. Read on for what’s new and what’s changed in the latest guideline.
10 Tips for Scientific Publications
Most researchers are familiar with the “IMRaD” format for scientific publications (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). Though this is the order in which the sections usually appear in print, you …
Medical Writers Add Value
Want data to support hiring a medical writer? Peer-reviewed articles receiving medical writing support had better adherence to data reporting guidelines and were judged by reviewers to have higher-quality written …
Is it Retracted? Check Before You Cite.
It’s rare, but it happens. A very small fraction (about 4 in 10,000) of peer-reviewed manuscripts are retracted – papers that are withdrawn from their original publication. Some are retracted …
Writing hacks – keep your summer writing on track
I am on twitter. I follow another account, @AcademicsSay. Recently, there was a post by @AcademicsSay …. that feeling when you save all your writing for the summer and don't …
Why publication guidelines were made
Ah, times have changed. An article in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals the practices that led to the 1967 publication of a 2-part literature review on “Dietary Fats, Carbohydrates and Atherosclerotic …
New scientific publication resources
In the last few months, a variety of new and updated resources on scientific publication were released. Some of the resources are geared more toward authors and researchers, while others …
GPP3: New guidelines for publishing company-sponsored medical research
Companies that sponsor medical research should pay attention to an updated guideline that was recently released. The document, Good Publication Practice for Communicating Company-Sponsored Medical Research“, more commonly known as …
Are ICMJE authorship guidelines leaving people out?
The most widely referenced and followed guideline for authorship of scientific publications is that issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). In it, the ICMJE recommends that …