Contents
Preface: A letter from ISMPP 1
Editorial: Data Sharing Requirements and Evolution of the Publication Process 3
Original Abstracts from the 13th Annual Meeting of ISMPP
All “MeSh”ed up: the limitations of indexing in MedLine and the impact on literature searches
Piyali Dhar Chowdhury, Gina Fusaro, Vrunda Patel, and Padmini Tandvakrishna 5
An analysis of online commentary to publications with industry and academic authors
Jason McDonough, Alaina Mitsch, Katie Gersh, Kimberly Brooks, and Nina Kennard 6
Analysis of responses to the data sharing proposal of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
Lori Smette, Mahta Nili, Micah Robinson, Ali Hassan, Jon Nilsen, James O’Kelly, and Dikran Toroser 6
Challenges and opportunities for improvement in publication planning: a survey of publication professionals
Sue Currie, Kristina Hernandez, Peter Simon, William Fazzone, Marlene Mascioli, Michele Patton, Kristen Oeltjen-Bruns, Luis Perez, and Debra Wolinsky 6
Commitments to data sharing by pharmaceutical companies: the evolving environment*
Slavka Baronikova, Jim Purvis, Julie Beeso, Eric Southam, Christopher Winchester, and Antonia Panayi 7
Comparison of total direct costs of health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) publication services provided by HEOR research companies versus medical communication agencies
Jean Williams and Mindy Chen 7
Congress and journal practices in a digital and patient-centric era – hasten slowly?
Tania Dickson, Thao Le, Sue Sutch, and Karen L. Woolley 8
The cost of rejection
Nicole Draghi, Lindsay Kier, Laura Hibbler, Chloe Enever, Kimberly Mark, and Gary Burd 8
Data sharing and the role of the publication professional*
Susan A. Nastasee, Sonia A. Schweers, Deborah Vari, Cynthia Viola, and Monique Adams 9
Data sharing trends and integrity in the era of open science: a qualitative analysis of journals in top-ranked therapeutic areas
Ananya Chikramane, Lakshmi Venkatraman, Vivek Khanna, and Sudip Sinha 9
Digital advances in scientific publications: experiences and perceptions of ISMPP members
Maura K. McGrail, Linda Avallone, Elizabeth S. Cecere, Kristen R. Clark, Chad Williamson, and Victoria E. Blasberg 9
Do authors fully utilize opportunities to share supplementary information at conferences?
Valerie Moss, Susanne Ulm, Talya Underwood, and Neil Venn 10
Effective management of multiple publication plans with overlapping timelines: a case study
Claire A. Daniele, Sameera Kongara, Mike Smith, and Shannon Winters 10
The evolving use of Publication Steering Committees (PSCs)
Brian Scheckner, Kenneth Pomerantz, and Michael Mandola 10
Field-Weighted Citation Index (FWCI) and Mendeley provide informative metrics for evaluating publication uptake
Abha Chandra 11
Impact of integrated publication planning and execution on efficiency and output in China*
Samantha Rose, Qiong Tang, Fu Bin Yan, Ning Zhang, and Sandra Farley 11
The impact of review articles: a citation analysis
Anita Schmid, Gina Fusaro, and Vrunda Patel 12
Implementation of an authorship algorithm for industry-sponsored clinical trials at Celgene: a case study
Gina Fusaro and Robert Matheis 12
The importance of patient-targeted publication summaries: results from a large patient survey*
Akvile Lukose, Michelle McNamara, Saskia Bijvank, Niina Nuottamo, Nikki Moreland, and Anna Georgieva 13
Integrating measures of journal impact provides additional insights in scientific literature gap analyses
Chelsea Higgins, Anne Horner, Lesley Wassef-Birosik, Joseph Wellington, Melanie Cross, and Samantha D’Iorio 13
Involvement of medical writers in the development of health economic and outcomes research publications in inflammatory bowel disease – a systematic literature review
Shailesh Desai, Gina D’Angelo, Antonia Panayi, Slavka Baronikova, Gemma Carter, Obaro Evuarherhe, Kim Wager, and Richard White 14
Involving patients as reviewers during publication development?
Niina Nuottamo, Michelle McNamara, Saskia Bijvank, Akvile Lukose, Nikki Moreland, and Anna Georgieva 14
Journal word count specifications – a comparison of actual word counts versus submission guidelines
Kate Jesien, Hannah Lederman, Marife Arancillo, Laura Yee, and Sarah Funderburk 14
Medical communications exposure and education among medical, nursing, and pharmacy students
Rachel Brown, Sarah Rogado, Muhammad Iqbal, Jennifer Kent, and Rozena Varghese 15
Metrics of success for medical publication plans: results of a global survey
Kim Pepitone, Mieko Hamana, Daniel Portsmouth, Dikran Toroser, and Sandeep Kamat 15
Monitoring the social-media footprint of newly published articles to assess short-term impact
Jürgen Wiehn, David Gothard, and Eric Southam 16
Open access status and number of citations in the peer-reviewed hemophilia literature
Anna Abt, Jessica Monteith, and Jim Loss 16
Patient and disease registry publications: an online survey of medical publication professionals
Michael Craig, Jürgen Wiehn, and Anne Descours 17
Patient centricity in medical publications: a unique patient case report
Ira Mills and Ide Mills 17
Professional medical writing support (PMWS) and the reporting quality of randomized controlled trial (RCT) abstracts among high-impact general medical journals
Ira Mills, Catherine Sheard, Meredith Hays, Kevin Douglas, Christopher C. Winchester, and William T. Gattrell 18
Publication-derived digital features: reaping the FRUITS of publication labor?
Hester van Lier, Anna Georgieva, Helen Fowler, Neil Adams, Neil Skolnik, Patricia Fonseca, Robert Matheis, and Stella Wang 18
Publication trends for case series and case reports in oncology
Todd Parker, Anthony Hutchinson, and Paul Cao 19
Strategies for selecting appropriate journals for narrative review articles
Meryl Gersh, Mike Smith, and Shannon Winters 19
Successful execution of publication planning with an academic research organization
Shannon Winters, Meryl Gersh, and Laura Grip 19
Trends in audiovisual data dissemination formats by medical journals
Michelle Rebello, Aparna Nori, Sarjana Atal, and Namita Bose 20
Trends in digital access to congress presentations: what can we learn from 4 years of download data?
Fran Young, Jürgen Wiehn, David Gothard, Eric Southam, Christopher Winchester, Paul Farrow, and Christopher Rains 20
Original Abstracts from the 2017 European Meeting of ISMPP
Are medical publishers and the pharmaceutical industry optimizing the use of patient-centric market research?*
Richard Kunzmann, Jane Barret, Esther Mustchin, Steve Smith, Vannessa Coughlan, Harry Wise, and Nina C Kennard 23
Commitments to data sharing by pharmaceutical companies: the evolving environment
Slavka Baronikova, Jim Purvis, Andrew Desson, Julie Beeso, Eric Southam, Christopher Winchester, and Antonia Panayi 23
Development of a framework for publishing patient lay summaries in medical journals‡
Tom Rees, Carol A. Richter, Natalie Dennis, Jakki James, and Nichola Gokool 24
Ease of accessibility to clinical trial data: assessment of reports on news outlets available on the internet
Andrew Jobson, Rachel Wright, Charlotte Moss, and Valerie Moss 24
Have we done enough ghostbusting or does the profession need to do more to promote the involvement of medical writers in upholding consistent, ethical and scientific standards?
Piers R Allen, Iona S. Easthope, and Nina C. Kennard 24
Identifying real-world evidence data sources in peer-reviewed publications: planning the Peripheral Artery Disease In Clinical Practice (APHELIA) study
Saga Johansson, Pål Hasvold, Mogens Westergaard, Christopher Winchester, and John P. Bell 25
Innovative impact model for optimization of scientific communications in healthcare*
Martin Neuner-Jehle 25
Lack of publishing guidance on unplanned analyses in the age of transparency*†
Matthew J. Booth, Tomas Rees, and Sheelah Smith 25
Maximizing research impact: is less more?*
Simon Foulcer, Kerry Dresser, Aimée Hall, and Danielle Machin 26
Open access licenses: what drives publisher options?
Jackie Marchington, Antonia Panayi, Slavka Baronikova, Andrew Desson, Shailesh Desai, and Christopher Rains 26
Open Researcher And Contributor Id (ORCID) adoption in journals, 2016: one agency’s experience
Andrea Plant, Katie Lay, and Jackie Marchington 26
Outcome reporting, funding source and medical writing support in publications evaluated in the COMPare project
Andrea Plant, Katie Lay, and Jackie Marchington 27
A patient-centric initiative in industry publication – patient highlights in peer-reviewed manuscripts
Denis Sohy, Sarah Fico, Bruno Baudoux, Jonathan Ghesquière, Thibaud André, Stéphanie Delval, and Matthieu Depuydt 27
The prevalence and characteristics of lay summaries of published journal articles§
Maria Haughton and Danielle Machin 27
Publishing proceedings: “real life” experience
Pablo Pons, Laura Perez, and Steve Clissold 28
The role of scientific interns as medical publication professionals*
Simon Page, Emma King, Debbie Nixon, and Sophie Pearson 28
Selection toolkit to support target journal determination: GSK in-house experience*
Santosh Mysore, Laurence De Moerlooze, Frank Struyf, Veronique Delpire, Julia Donnelly, and Jarno Jansen 28
Surveying the evolving models of digital publishing: where does pharma fit?†
Amy Williams, Christopher Winchester, Lucy Robinson, Tim Koder, Christopher Rains, and Richard Smith 29
A systematic approach for journal selection to improve acceptance of real-world evidence publications
Laura Schmidt, Lars Elvelin, Paul Farrow, Catriona Hansbauer, Saga Johansson, and Helene Rosvall 29
Uncovering content-consumption behaviours in medical publications
Sam Yarwood, Kieran Davey, Tanja Torbica, Laura Badtke, Tom Grant, and Jane Nunn 29
Using augmented reality for congress posters: challenges and considerations
Lisa Wulund, Lisa Yang, and Danielle Machin 30
Notes
* Oral Presentation
† Encored poster at the 13th Annual Meeting of ISMPP
‡ Winner, 2017 European Meeting of ISMPP “Best Original Research’’ Poster Award
§ Winner, 2017 European Meeting of ISMPP “Most Reflective of Meeting Theme” Poster Award