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A Publisher’s Perspective Effective Publication Practices
Chris GrafAssociate Editorial Director, Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher, International Journal of Clinical Practice
My brief … to discuss
• Coordinating all of the stakeholders to
ensure topical and timely high-quality
articles (herding cats)
– Publishers, authors, editors
• Publishing ethically (dodging bullets)
Understanding authors
• What Authors Want: The ALPSP research study on the motivations and concerns of contributors to learned journals
– 10,970 authors contacted
– 3218 responses (12.4% medical sciences)
– 38 publishers contributed author contacts
• Swan A, Brown S, ALPSP, London
Understanding authors
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5
10
15
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30
35
Tell peers Career Personal prestige
Funding Financial reward
Authors' first choice Authors' second choice
Understanding authors
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Tell peers Career Personal prestige
Funding Financial reward
Authors' first choice Authors' second choice
Understanding authors
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Tell peers Career Personal prestige
Funding Financial reward
Authors' first choice Authors' second choice
#1 #2#3
Prestige and priority
• NEJM ~3% of papers submitted
2007 IF 52 • Rank #1
• BMJ 6% of research papers submitted
2007 IF 9.7 • Rank #7
• BJU Int ~14% of papers submitted
2007 IF 2.8 • Rank #12
• Arth Rheum ~25% of papers submitted
2007 IF 7.7 • Rank #1
• Int J Clin Pract ~33% of papers submitted
2007 IF 1.6 • Rank #39
Andrew Robinson, presented at ISMPP, Philadelphia, April 2007
Understanding authors
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10
20
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Audience Peer review
Impact Factor
Indexing Speed Whim
Authors' first choice Authors' second choice
#1 #2#3
• “no longer dominates choices”
• “internet permits anyone to find the author‟s work”
Psychiatry 2007, May
http://www.psychiatrymmc.com
Understanding editors
• Editors – with help from peer
reviewers – balance the interests
of authors with the interests of
readers …
• … and some other stuff
(another „X‟ factor)
My brief
• Coordinating all of the stakeholders to
ensure topical and timely high-quality
articles (herding cats)
• Right timing for you, authors?
• Right timing for editors („X‟ factor)?
– „Just in time‟ for readers?
– Fit with other articles?
– Part of a „buzz‟?
– Queue of papers waiting to be published?
– And on … ?
Timely … For whom?
My brief
• Herding cats
• Publishing ethically (dodging bullets)
So … at the least
• Funding (research, publication) – GPP2
• Disclosures (manage and disclose conflicts of interest) – GPP2
• Contributors (who did what?) – GPP2
• Tackle publication bias (company SOPs, reporting guidelines, registration/posting, no duplicate publication) – GPP2
• Research standards and ethics – ICH GCP, WMA Declaration of Helsinki
The „X‟ factor
„High priority‟
ClinicalScientific
„Low priority‟
