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Artificial intelligence – will we be replaced by robots? - Volume 28, Issue

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly dominate the news with billions of dollars in funding invested to combine AI with machine learning and data science across many disciplines, including medicine and healthcare. Within the context…

English Grammar and Style: Points of view - Volume 23, Issue

Some more four-letter words I published a series of articles in The Write Stuff on short words frequently used in the medical and scientific context between Volume 16(3) 2007 and Volume 18(4) 2009. Since then, at training courses and in email…

Journal Watch - Volume 26, Issue

Data sharing is encouraged by institutions and journals: Authorship of “shared” papers should be clearWhen researchers share data, the teams analysing them want to publish their results. How should authorship of publications be defined? Who are the…

In the Bookstores - Volume 22, Issue

This book is regarded by many as the holy grail of reference manuals. For those not familiar with the great tome it contains a massive amount of information regarding ‘publication style and format for scientific papers, journal articles, books, and…

Fake news and vaccination: How the Science Anti-Fake News team in Argentina is fighting the infodemic - Volume 31, Issue

At the outset of the pandemic, it became clear that misinformation (“fake news”) on COVID-19 was spreading rapidly. In this article, we discuss our efforts to combat misinformation by joining with researchers from various disciplines in Argentina to…

Get your (visual) act together: Optimising the design of labels and arrows in medical illustrations - Volume 29, Issue

There is an enhanced communicating power of text when associated with visuals. This is a compelling argument for furnishing medical writers with basic knowledge on how to adapt and create simple figures. This article discusses tips on adding labels…

Essential principles towards improving clinical risk assessment tools: A conversation with Uri Kartoun, PhD - Volume 32, Issue

Uri Kartoun (PhD in robotics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) is a Staff Research Scientist and an IBM Master Inventor, co-developer of technologies such as MELD-Plus, EMRBots, Memory-memory (M2) Authentication, and Subpopulation-based…

Sleepless in times of COVID-19 - Volume 30, Issue

Melvin Sanicas, MD, is a physician, scientist, and medical communicator with a very strong social media presence. On top of his day job as medical director at Takeda Vaccines (Zurich, Switzerland), he does pro bono work for many not-for-profit…

Position Statement - AMWA-EMWA-ISMP Joint Position Statement on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Review - Volume 30, Issue

In medical publications, just as in research and development, quality depends on the expertise and integrity of researchers/authors as well as qualified peer reviewers and journal editors. However, the laborious and time-consuming process of the…

Profile: An Interview with Michael Markie - an open science and open data advocate - Volume 26, Issue

Medical writers commonly are hired to write for traditional journals targeting the highest possible impact factor. However, as medical writers, we should be aware of alternative options. In September last year, I had the pleasure to meet Michael…

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Medical Writing is a quarterly publication that aims to educate and inform medical writers in Europe and beyond. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, and all issues include feature articles and regular columns on topics relevant to the practice of medical writing. We welcome articles providing practical advice to medical writers; guidelines and reviews/summaries/updates of guidelines published elsewhere; original research; opinion pieces; interviews; and review articles.

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