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This is a freely accessible online resource for everyone involved in publication planning. Help us build the site into a valuable resource for, amongst others, medical writers and communications professionals, pharmaceutical industry managers, medical journal editors and publishers. Please send your ideas, contributions and comments about the articles to the Editor of The Publication Plan, Mary Greenacre. If you have any other comments about the service, the web site, or questions about advertising and sponsorship, please contact the Publisher, Peter Llewellyn.

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The following independent resources are relevant to publication planning. We welcome contributions which are freely listed but subject to editorial approval as being entirely relevant. Any errors, broken links, updates etc please tell Peter Llewellyn. Organisations | Publication Planning Tools | Courses & Events | Books

- Organisations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :: American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) AMWA provides extensive continuing education activities, including a Certificate Program, for professionals in medical communication via its conferences and local meetings. It also runs a quarterly journal. :: ClinicalTrials.gov ClinicalTrials.gov is a clinical trial registry provided by the US National Institutes of Health. Recent legislation means that trials of all drugs to be submitted to the FDA must be registered on this site. From September 2008, results of the trials must also be posted on the site. :: Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) COPE was founded in 1997 with the objective of providing a 'sounding board for editors who were struggling with how best to deal with possible breaches in research and publication ethics'. It provides support for journal editors in dealing with ethical problems in publication. Its website provides guidelines and a code of conduct, as well details of cases concerning publication ethics reported to COPE. :: CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) The CONSORT statement provides recommendations for reporting randomised, controlled trials, including a 22-item checklist and a flowchart showing the progress of study subjects through the trial. Extensions of the CONSORT statement for different trial designs, herbal and non-pharmacological interventions, harms and abstracts are also available on the website. The CONSORT group has also produced other guidelines, including ASSERT to help with monitoring of clinical trials by ethics committees and QUORUM for the reporting of meta-analyses (to find these on the CONSORT website, click on the Resources tab followed by a link on the left to Related guidelines and initiatives). :: Council of Science Editors (CSE) The CSE (formerly the Council of Biology Editors) was founded in 1957 by the National Science Foundation and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Its mission statement is 'CSE's mission is to promote excellence in the communication of scientific information. CSE's purpose is to serve members in the scientific, scientific publishing, and information science communities by fostering networking, education, discussion, and exchange and to be an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information'. :: European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) EMWA offers training and networking opportunities to its members who are mainly medical writers and medical editors. It produces a regular magazine and holds two educational conferences a year. EMWA also runs a professional development programme to provide accreditation for medical writers. :: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) This highly influential group consists of representatives from a number of general medical journals including The Lancet, BMJ, NEJM and others (see website for a full list). Their key activities include the development of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals and statements on registration of clinical trials. :: International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) ISMPP is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to support medical publication professionals through education and advocacy. It has nearly 600 members from all sectors of medical publishing, and key benefits of membership include the annual meeting and web-based seminars on a range of topics. ISMPP also has several committees focusing on issues relevant to medical publication professionals, including Ethics, Standards and Best Practices, Education and others. :: The EQUATOR network This is a UK initiative that seeks to improve the quality of scientific publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research, funded by the NHS National Library for Health and National Institute for Health Research. :: The International Publication Planning Association (TIPPA) This is an industry-run association which is free to join. It aims to help industry personnel to produce 'ethical and targeted publications and clinical data throughout the product lifecycle'. :: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) PhRMA is an industry association representing US pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Its website provides a database of new medicines in trials or under FDA review, based on the Adis R&D Insight, as well as industry reports, newsletters, and policies and guidelines. :: World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) WAME (pronounced whammy) is an organisation consisting of editors of biomedical journals from around the world. It has developed a number of policy statements and useful resources which it provides freely on its website.

- Publication Planning Tools - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :: Datavision Datavision is a web-based program providing a strategic management tool for data planning, management and dissemination. It includes a journal and congress database and a reviewer portal. :: PeerView PeerView provides a range of publication planning tools including Journal Selector (information on biomedical journals), Conference Authority (conference calendar) and PubSTRAT (a web-based program for project management and reporting for publication strategies). :: PubsHub PubsHub is a web-based subscription service providing a database of submission criteria for over 4700 peer-reviewed medical journals and meetings.

- Courses & Events - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :: Center for Business intelligence 4th Annual Forum on Strategic Publication Planning , Philadelphia, 9-10 December 2008 :: Publication Strategy & Planning Winter School, London, 28-30 January 2009 :: 5th Annual Meeting of ISMPP, Philadelphia, 20-22 April 2009 :: Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, Vancouver, 10-12 September 2009 :: Integrity in Science Communication, EASE conference, Pisa, 16-19 September 2009

- Books - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :: Getting research published: an A to Z of publication strategy Author – Liz Wager; publisher – Radcliffe Publishing Ltd :: How to publish in biomedicine Author – Jane Fraser; publisher – Radcliffe Publishing Ltd

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