EQUATOR News
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 […]
18/03/2015 DIET@NET partnership on a quest to improve the quality and comparability of dietary data in epidemiological and clinical studiesDIET@NET (DIETary Assessment Tool NETwork) is seeking expert consensus on the quality standards for the design, measurement and analysis of research studies involving dietary intake
18/03/2015 Fit for purpose? The case for structured reporting of methods and results in research articlesWe need to consider a new format for publishing research results EQUATOR’s own Doug Altman in an editorial for the journal Trials highlights the continuing problem that many trial reports don’t contain enough information about the methods to allow others […]
23/01/2015 Editorial: Stronger post-publication culture is needed for better scienceHilda Bastian, Scientist and Editor, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, US, discusses the many different ways to respond to published research and