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5th International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication

2005-09-16 to 2005-09-18

This Congress, organized by JAMA and the BMJ Publishing Group, will feature 3 days of presentations of original research. As before, we urge scientists, editors, publishers, and readers who are interested in the processes by which science is published to get going on their research. The aim is to improve the quality and credibility of biomedical information and to help advance the efficiency, effectiveness, and equitability of information dissemination throughout the world. For more information contact Annette Flanagin phone: 312-464-2432 e-mail: jama-peer@jama-archives.org.

Topics of interest include: Mechanisms of peer review and editorial decision making, Evaluations of the quality, validity, and practicality of peer review and editorial decision making, Online and Web-based peer review and publication, Prepublication posting and release of information, Quality assurance for reviewers and editors, Authorship, contributorship, and responsibility for published material, Breakdowns, weaknesses, and biases, Conflicts of interest, Scientific misconduct, Peer review of grant proposals, Economics of peer review and scientific publication, Evaluations of the quality of print and online information, Methods for improving the quality, efficiency, and equitable distribution of biomedical information, Interactive digital systems and other new technologies that affect the dissemination of biomedical information, The future of scientific publication.

Read more at: http://www.ama-assn.org/public/peer/peerhome.htm
 

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