Not that I’m at all worried or anything … but the sophistication of AI tools for scientific editing just keeps growing – last July, Springer Nature announced a pilot with American Journal Experts, to give authors and editors access to AI-driven editing [ read more ]
The European Association of Science Editors has launched a series of quick-reference infographic guides for journal reviewers and editors.
The infographic for journal editors is ‘Selecting Peer Reviewers in 7 Steps’ and includes tips on how to consider what expertise is required, how [ read more ]
Christmas may be over, but the tradition of the Christmas issue of the BMJ as a treasury of weirdly funny, satirical or just plain bizarre research papers is the gift that keeps on giving – if you haven’t read it yet, you [ read more ]
A research article published in ‘Learned Publishing’ analyses attitudes among authors towards article publishing charges (APCs) – given that the rise of open access publishing is moving the financial burden of scholarly journal publishing from libraries and readers to authors. The results [ read more ]
Read this insightful and much-needed editorial piece on why scholarly journals should work towards adopting common standards in their instructions to authors, to improve efficiency and make the whole task of submitting research for publication much more user-friendly: Why [ read more ]
Are you getting ready to attend ISMPP EU? You have until 10 January to register for the European meeting, taking place in London, UK on 24–25 January 2023. The theme is ‘Fueling Creativity’ – check out the agenda and speakers, and download [ read more ]
If you’re in the business of publication planning and missed the Med Comms Networking webinar ‘Meet the Medical Publishers’ on 7 December, then catch up with the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPd_Ntcvh3g. The discussion was a great insight into how some [ read more ]
Recordings of presentations from the 7th World Congress on Research Integrity – which took place on 29 May – 1 June 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa – are now available on the WCRI Vimeo Channel. [ read more ]
Wolters Kluwer Health and NEJM Group have now partnered, enabling NEJM Group journals to be platformed on Ovid®. Publications currently included are the New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM Evidence, NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, NEJM Journal Watch, [ read more ]
Keep checking out the Med Comms Networking site for the latest in the series of in-person events and excellent, insightful webinars – such as ‘Meet the Medical Publishers’ (7 December) and ‘Forgotten Patients, Overlooked Diseases and Lost Health Solutions’ [ read more ]