High nonpublication rate from publication professionals hinders evidence-based publication practices.

ABSTRACT: Background. The need for timely, ethical, and high-quality reporting of clinical trial results has seen a rise in demand for publication professionals. These publication experts, who are not ghostwriters, work with leading medical researchers and funders around the world to plan and prepare thousands of publications each year. Despite the involvement of publication professionals in an increasing number of peer-reviewed publications, especially those that affect patient care, there is limited evidence-based guidance in the peer-reviewed literature on their publication practices. Similar to the push for editors and the peer-review community to conduct and publish research on publication ethics and the peer-review process, the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP

SUBMITTER: Carey LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4867735 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature