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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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LATEST COMMENTARY
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Ten Recommendations for Closing the Credibility Gap in Reporting Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research: A Joint Journal and Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective
Published May 2012
Bernadette A. Mansi and collegues report in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings on a consensus meeting of journal editors and pharma industry representatives and their top 10 list of recommendations, intended to serve as a call to action for all stakeholders - authors, journal editors, research sponsors, and others - to enhance the quality and transparency of industry-sponsored clinical research reporting.
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Springtime for open access in academia
Published 25 April 2012
In this BMJ article, Tony Delamothe asks "Will history label this the "academic spring""?
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Does Conflict of Interest Disclosure Worsen Bias?
Published 24 April 2012
In this issue of PLoS Medicine, the PLoS Medicine Editors argue that journals, professional associations, clinical guideline developers, and others need to worry not just that disclosure provides a band-aid to the real problem of the COI itself, but that any attempt to stem the trouble through disclosure policies may actually be worsening the problem.
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Life after Elsevier: making open access to scientific knowledge a reality
Published 24 April 2012
As more than 10,000 scientists pledge to boycott Elsevier on the Cost of Knowledge website, Dr Tyler Neylon, its creator looks to the future in this article from The Guardian.
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Post-Publication Peer Review: What Value Do Usage-Based Metrics Offer?
Published 19 April 2012
This article in The Scholarly Kitchen, argues that The ideal rating system would employ a deep and nuanced understanding of a researcher's work.
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Open sesame
Published 14 April 2012
This Leader Article in The Economist, argues that when research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge
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Open Clinical Trial Data for All? A View from Regulators
Published 10 April 2012
In this issue of PLoS Medicine, Hans-Georg Eichler and colleagues - all of whom work for european drug regulatory agencies - call for greater, more standardised access to clinical trial data.
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The Imperative to Share Clinical Study Reports: Recommendations from the Tamiflu Experience
Published 10 April 2012
In this issue of PLoS Medicine, Peter Doshi and colleagues describe their experience trying and failing to access clinical study reports from the manufacturer of Tamiflu and challenge industry to defend their current position of RCT data secrecy.
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Wellcome Trust backs campaign for open access to research
Published 10 April 2012
Nigel Hawkes writes in this BMJ news article that the Wellcome Trust, one of the world's biggest funders of biomedical research, is to throw its weight behind the campaign to open up access to scientific papers.
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Medical journal selection: pharma's real estate search
Published 20 February 2012
Ryan McGuire writes in pharmaphorum.com that evaluating the medical journal landscape is the first step toward making sure manuscripts find their way to the appropriate home. In fact, the journal selection process contains many similarities to a real estate search. The old real estate adage of location, location, location also holds true with journal selection. Knowing where to look is an essential first step to the journal selection process.
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LATEST PRESS RELEASES
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Journals and Pharma Collaborate on New Recommendations to Close Credibility Gap in Industry-Sponsored Research: Consensus paper published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Published 7 May 2012
From the Mayo Clinic
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