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Publications - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editor: Maddy Dyer Can patients and caregivers be authors of peer-reviewed publications? Authors: Phil Leventhal, Danielle Drachmann, Soren Skovlund Medical Writing. 2024;33(4):98–100. https://doi.org/10.56012/idde2040

Plain language summaries of publications: What has COVID-19 taught us? - Volume 30, Issue

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the whole world, and the public has had to struggle with understanding scientific data on a daily basis. The impact of scientific misunderstanding became painfully apparent with the decline in vaccine…

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 …

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…

A case study from Pakistan: Improving medical publications in non-English speaking countries - Volume 33, Issue

Copyediting is crucial for enhancing the quality and credibility of medical manuscripts in Pakistan. Although English is an official language used in government and education, many researchers are not native speakers, leading to linguistic inaccuraci…

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…

Publications - Volume 33, Issue

Preprints: Why and how to use them Section Editor and Author: Maddy Dyer Preprints are a key part of science communication and publication strategy. Medical writers should therefore help inform authors about preprint options. In this article, I…

Obtaining meaningful insights from publication metrics - Volume 31, Issue

Altmetrics and other article-level metrics offer new opportunities to understand the impact of medical publications and, indeed, clinical trial programmes. For example, we can learn whether the publication has been viewed, shared, engaged with, or…

Tweeting publications: A short DIY guide to Twitter copywriting for medical writers - Volume 30, Issue

The reach and impact of social media have made this communication channel the latest in a number of multidimensional communi - cation tools to be employed in health research. Social media has become a com - muni cation tool to reach various…

How can we maximise patient engagement with Plain Language Summary of Publication articles (PLSPs)? A publisher’s perspective - Volume 33, Issue

Plain Language Summary of Publication articles (PLSPs) are aimed at non-specialist audiences, using non-technical/jargon-free and easy to understand language to provide summaries of publications. The introduction of PLSPs has added to the growing…

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