EMWA News - Volume 28, Issue

On July 29, EMWA, together with the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) and the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), issued a joint position statement on the dangers of predatory publishing (see p. 34 of this…

Publications - Volume 33, Issue

ICMJE recommendations update: What’s new? Section Editor/Author: Maddy Dyer In January 2024, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) updated their “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of…

Publisher perspectives on plain language summaries of scientific publications: An Open Pharma survey - Volume 33, Issue

Plain language summaries (PLS) of scientific publications can help to make scientific literature more understandable. In healthcare, PLS can contribute to informed decision- making by healthcare professionals, patients, and their caregivers. In late …

Predatory publishing – what medical communicators need to know - Volume 28, Issue

The rise of ”predatory journals”, also known as pseudo-scientific journals, poses a risk to the integrity of science and therefore medical communicators need to know about their practices. Upon receipt of a publication fee, predatory journals…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Wendy Kingdom, Amy Whereat Syntactic alternatives and distractions: Title to a journal article Author: Michael Lewis Schneir, PhD Medical Writing. 2024;33(1):110. https://doi.org/10.56012/xjow9091

Good Writing Practice - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Wendy Kingdom, Amy Whereat

Methods of a journal article

Author: Michael Lewis Schneir

Medical Writing. 2024;33(2):98. https://doi.org/10.56012/tbyq9909

Good Writing Practice - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Wendy Kingdom, Amy Whereat   Results section of a journal article Author: Michael Lewis Schneir   Medical Writing. 2024;33(3):112. https://doi.org/10.56012/rpfd6138

Good Writing Practice - Volume 34, Issue

Section Editors: Wendy Kingdom, Amy Whereat   Distractions in the introduction section of a journal article Author: Michael Lewis Schneir Medical Writing. 2025;34(1):77. https://doi.org/10.56012/scgm1052

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…

Instructions for Authors

Instructions for Authors SCOPE Medical Writing, the official journal of EMWA (the European Medical Writers Association), is a quarterly journal that aims to educate, inform, and entertain medical writers. Medical Writing publishes themed issues…