This week, we share a call for feedback on the STM SDG Classifier Demonstrator and remind readers to register for an upcoming OASPA webinar. We read about recent updates to the ICMJE recommendations for medical journals and explore the challenges publishers experience when attempting to maintain research integrity. Finally, we learn how people with lived experience can qualify to author peer-reviewed medical research articles.
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Aligning published content with the SDGs via STM
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) wants your feedback! The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Publishers Compact encourages the categorization of published content against the United Nations SDGs. To support consistent classification of content, STM has developed the SDG Classifier Demonstrator. Simply enter the title and abstract of your article, and the demonstrator will suggest an appropriate SDG. Before investing further, STM is asking publishers and stakeholders to test the tool and provide feedback. Responses are welcomed until 30 March 2025.
Supporting open access: perspectives from research funders via OASPA
It’s not too late to register for this webinar on Thursday 23 January! Organized by the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), the webinar invites representatives from corporate and governmental organizations to share their perspectives on practising and supporting open access research outside academia.
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ICMJE updates recommendations via ICMJE | 1-minute read
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has updated its Recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing and publication of scholarly work in medical journals. The revised recommendations include expanded guidance on timeliness and responsiveness, diversity and inclusion, corrections and version control and referencing. The update is accompanied by an editorial exploring the steps authors, institutions, funders and publishers can take to protect themselves against the dangers of predatory journals.
How to support publishers in the fight against research misconduct via Times Higher Education | 5-minute read
“It seems that more and more academics are working together to sell authorship or manipulate citations or peer review,” says Kim Eggleton (Head of Peer Review and Research Integrity at IOP Publishing). In this article, Kim emphasizes the growing challenge of combating “malicious academic networks” and calls for better technology, guidance and identity verifiers to help publishers in their fight to maintain research integrity.
Can patients meet ICMJE authorship criteria? via Medical Writing | 8-minute read
People with lived experience of a disease or condition can add valuable insights to medical research, but can they author peer-reviewed publications? In this article, Phil Leventhal (Senior Manager [Publications] at PPD), Danielle Drachmann (Senior Patient Partnering Manager at Evidera) and Søren Skovlund (Senior Director, Patient Engagement and Patient-Centered Research Science at Evidera) explain how patients, caregivers and advocates can meet the ICMJE authorship criteria, and they explore how to increase the representation of patient authors in medical research publications.
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