ISMPP Highlights
ISMPP Assumes Leadership of Medical Publishing Insights & Practices (MPIP)
ISMPP announces that it will assume the organizational leadership of Medical Publishing Insights & Practices (MPIP), in a cooperative transfer of organization responsibilities, conducted in alignment with MPIP leadership and MPIP co-sponsors…
ISMPP Committee Spotlight: Planning the 2021 European Meeting of ISMPP & What You Can Expect!
In this ISMPP Committee Spotlight, we hear from Rob Pilbrow and Eleanor Raynsford from OPEN Health Group, who are leading the planning for the 2021 European Meeting of ISMPP, taking place January 26–27, 2021…
Understanding Altmetrics – What Are They, How Can You Use Them, and What Do They Mean?
Alternative, article level publication metrics (“altmetrics”) provide publication planners with a powerful tool to understand the uptake and impact of individual publications. This graphic article provides an overview of the wide variety of article-level altmetrics available, and how they can be used to assess different types of audience engagement…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
An Explosion of Digital Innovation During a Pandemic
The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on healthcare systems, colleagues, friends, and loved ones has been unprecedented and, in many cases, tragic. In thinking about digital innovation and the future, the effect of this pandemic will perhaps change our society forever in how we communicate in a variety of ways. Indeed, the speed, response, and efforts in tackling the ongoing crisis are…
Addressing Regional Needs in Your Global Scientific Communication Platform
When developing a scientific communication platform (SCP), are you considering whether it will be relevant to workstreams and stakeholders worldwide? The overarching story described within an SCP is not beholden to a specific label but is based in science and intended to be broadly applicable across the organization. However, to ensure uptake of an SCP into all relevant workstreams,…
COVID-19, Is it Business as (Un)usual for Publications Planning?
Public health measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus quickly impacted many medical publication activities, including data collection, data release at congresses, and author participation in publications. This article presents the findings of a survey on the immediate and anticipated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical publication activities…
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.
Permission to Reuse a Congress Poster Recording
You are a medical publication professional working with a poster author who has been given the option to include an audio recording with an encore poster presentation. The original poster presentation at a major congress included an audio recording. There is concern that while the major congress gives permission for the poster to be encored, the congress does not have permission policies in place allowing for the re-use of the audio recording, for which they hold copyright. What Would You Do?
ISMPP (pronounced IzMap) is the only nonprofit organization founded by medical publication professionals for medical publication professionals