EQUATOR News
23/09/2015 Four Proposals to Help Improve the Medical Research LiteratureIn an essay published in PLOS Medicine on 22 September 2015, EQUATOR’s David Moher and Doug Altman discuss four actions which journals and educational institutions could take to increase the value of research articles. Publications officers for universities and research […]
28/08/2015 The Manila Declaration: a significant step in the campaign to make health information available to allThe Manila Declaration on the Availability and use of Health Research Information in and for Low-and Middle-Income Countries in the Asia Pacific Region was launched on 26 August 2015. It was agreed at the joint conference of APAME (Asia Pacific […]
15/08/2015 The Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication Chicago 10-12 September 2017The Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication will feature three days of original research. If you haven’t already done so, start your research now! The Congress will be held September 10-12, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. As […]
14/08/2015 First EQUATOR Publication School a resounding successThe first cohort of the EQUATOR Publication School (6-10 July 2015) had goals many researchers can identify with: develop confidence in writing, fill in the gaps in a self-taught writer’s training, polish skills so as best to pass them on […]
11/08/2015 Good Publication Practice for communicating company-sponsored medical research: GPP3The updated Good Publication Practice guideline (GPP3, replacing GPP2) has been published by the Annals of Internal Medicine. The guideline focuses on the publication of company-sponsored medical research; however, the principles of GPP3 apply to all research and will be […]
11/08/2015 Fewer large clinical trials are reporting positive findings since the introduction of measures designed to improve transparencyKaplan and Irwin analysed all large NHLBI supported RCTs between 1970 and 2012 evaluating drugs or dietary supplements for the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disease. Trials were included if direct costs >$500,000/year, participants were adult humans, and the primary […]
08/07/2015 British Journal of Dermatology publishes a position statementThe British Journal of Dermatology has recently published an editorial summarising some of the thoughts expressed in a series of 14 invited editorials published to mark
09/06/2015 EQUATOR makes a splash in RioIveta Simera and Caroline Struthers were delighted to represent EQUATOR at the 4th World Conference on Research Integrity in Rio de Janeiro from 31 May-3 June 2015. It was a fantastic event attended by over 600 delegates from 55 countries. The […]
07/05/2015 Professor Doug Altman awarded BMJ Lifetime Achievement AwardProfessor Doug Altman, co-founder of the EQUATOR Network, has been awarded the BMJ Lifetime Achievement award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the improvement of the scientific and medical research literature. Professor Altman is one of the world’s leading experts in
02/04/2015 BioMed Central to publish new journal: Research Integrity and Peer ReviewOne of the hot topics in science and academic publishing at the moment is peer review, and much work is going into research integrity and promoting good practice from all involved with research. In response, BioMed Central is pleased to […]