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New information that is relevant to publication planning, is constantly being added to this freely accessible resource.
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Meta-analysis of individual participant data: rationale, conduct, and reporting
Published 5 February 2010
The use of individual participant data instead of aggregate data in meta-analyses has many potential advantages, both statistically and clinically. Richard D Riley and colleagues describe the rationale for an individual participant data meta-analysis and outline how to conduct this type of study in this BMJ article.
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Stem cell researchers claim some reviewers hamper publication of high quality research
Published 4 February 2010
Susan Mayor writes in the BMJ about the leading stem cell researchers who have expressed concern that some reviewers may be hampering publication of high quality research in the field and are calling for a more open process of review to prevent this.
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Ghostwriting at Elite Academic Medical Centers in the United States
Published 2 February 2010
An article by Jeffrey Lacasse and Jonathan Leo in PLoS Medicine reviews ghostwriting policies at academic medical centers and notes that few have public policies which prohibit this behavior, and that many of the existing policies are ambiguous or ill-defined. They propose an unambiguous policy which defines participating in medical ghostwriting as academic misconduct akin to plagiarism or falsifying data.
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Liz Wager on stem cell scientists’ criticisms of peer review
Published 2 February 2010
Liz Wager reflects on the need for Journal Editors to think about their peer review systems in her BMJ Blog.
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The perils of journal and supplement publishing
Published 30 January 2010
An Editorial in The Lancet takes the opportunity to make the point that it does not publish commercially sponsored supplements while questioning the recent distribution of a “Satellites” supplement with the official journal of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), sponsored by pharmaceutical company, NicOx. The Lancet says, "Publishing supplements is a perilous business. And editors will always need to be vigilant in making sure that their journal's good name is not abused."
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Should protocols for observational research be registered?
Published 30 January 2010
An Editorial in The Lancet states they believe that when feasible, investigators should register observational studies on a WHO-compliant registry before they begin and points out that a mechanism already exists for this on many registries, including ClinicalTrials.gov, where almost 14 000 observational studies are listed.
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BMJ policy on data sharing
Published 28 January 2010
The BMJ, explains its position and support for the view that researchers should seek informed consent to data sharing from research participants upfront, at the recruitment stage.
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Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers
Published 28 January 2010
Many peer reviewed journals now require authors to be prepared to share their raw, unprocessed data with other scientists or state the availability of raw data in published articles, but little information on how such data should be prepared for sharing has emerged. In this article in the BMJ, Iain Hrynaszkiewicz and colleagues propose a minimum standard for de-identifying datasets to ensure patient privacy when sharing clinical research data.
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BMJ policy on data sharing
Published 26 January 2010
A News report in the BMJ, reports that a medical journal editor who received millions of dollars from a medical device manufacturer wrote and edited articles favourable to the manufacturer without stating his conflicts of interest to readers.
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Chinese academia ghost-writing 'widespread'
Published 5 January 2010
BBC News Online reports more than $100m (£63m) changes hands in China every year for ghost-written academic papers, according to research by a Chinese university.
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OASPA Welcomes the BMJ and OUP
Published 1 December 2009
From the The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
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6th Annual Meeting of ISMPP, Delivering Value & Driving Advocacy in Medical Publication Planning
19-21 April 2010
Arlington, Virginia
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COMPLIMENTARY PUBLICATIONS WORKSHOP FOR INDUSTRY
30 March 2010
Hilton Hotel, Aeschengraben 31, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Organized by Elsevier
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