ISMPP Highlights
ISMPP to be Featured in Advancements Television Series in 1Q 2022
ISMPP is honored to be featured in an upcoming episode of Advancements with Ted Danson, scheduled for broadcast in 1Q 2022. The Advancements television segment will present information about the medical publications profession and ISMPP’s role in establishing and maintaining standards for the profession…
Beyond Words: How Voice, Graphics, and Video are Changing the Way Researchers Reach Audiences
A new resource, Article Enhancements: A Beginners Guide, from the ISMPP Social Media and Web-based Metrics Working Group, seeks to inform, educate, and answer questions about many of the ways authors are now able to present data and their findings to readers…
“In The Know” – Key Updates in Medical Publications
This “In The Know” article highlights various updates in medical publications, to keep professionals apprised of recent developments: a Letter to the Editor about professional medical writers in JAMA Oncology, updated guidance on reporting of race and ethnicity in the AMA Manual of Style, new dates for the 9th Peer Review Congress, and new features in PubMed…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
A Company’s Approach to Developing Publication Plain Language Summaries
Scientific publications tend to be written with a specialized audience in mind… Plain language summaries (PLS) of publications represent a way to communicate research more broadly using everyday language. Pfizer recognized this, and in early 2020 implemented a company-wide process for developing PLS…
Pressure in a Pandemic: Lessons for Communicating Scientific Research
Since the global pandemic started, there has been immense pressure to address the threat imposed by COVID-19. Researchers have risen to the challenge and, by working collaboratively, developed effective vaccines and identified some treatment options over an impressively short timescale…
COVID-19 and the Need to Pivot Publication Processes: Sharing a Sponsor’s Experience
In December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 rapidly spread, afflicting tens of millions of people causing a worldwide pandemic. As of March 2021, approximately 125 million cases have been reported globally with over 2.7 million deaths. This has had a significant impact on medical publication planning…
What Would You Do?
In our role as medical publication professionals, we may occasionally encounter situations in which it is not obvious how to ensure good publication practice. Have you ever wished you could consult the ISMPP membership for guidance when these situations arise? Here’s your opportunity!
What Would You Do? is a section of The MAP that presents case scenarios as an educational tool for medical publication professionals. The section provides a case scenario to ponder, and readers are invited to participate in a poll by selecting one of the listed solutions. Readers can also submit their thoughts on the scenario anonymously. The poll results, plus educational insights, are posted in a later issue for readers to digest.
Proceed with Data & Author Changes to a 2-year-old Manuscript?
You are the medical writer on a real-world evidence (RWE) manuscript that was initiated 2 years ago. At first draft stage, the project was put on hold. The lead author would like to perform additional analyses and include one of their colleagues as an author. Meanwhile, the new project owner/client would like to finalize and submit the article as soon as possible. What would you do?
ISMPP (pronounced IzMap) is the only nonprofit organization founded by medical publication professionals for medical publication professionals