jama 2013 - Seventh International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication

The Seventh International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication will be held September 8-10, 2013, in Chicago, IL. As with the previous Congresses, our aim is to improve the quality and credibility of biomedical peer review and publication and to help advance the efficiency, effectiveness, and equitability of the dissemination of biomedical information throughout the world.
Suggested research topics include the following:
Existence of every sort of bias and efforts to eliminate biased reporting
Editorial and peer review decision making and responsibilities
Mechanisms of peer review and editorial decision making used by journals and funders
Evaluations of the quality, validity, and practicality of peer review and editorial decision making
Quality assurance for reviewers and editors
Editorial policies and responsibilities
Editorial freedom and integrity
Peer review of grant proposals
Research and publication ethics
Ethical concerns for researchers, authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, and funders
Authorship, contributorship, and responsibility for published material
Conflicts of interest
Research and publication misconduct
Confidentiality
Effects of funding and sponsorship on research and publication
Influence of external stakeholders: funders, journal owners, advertisers/sponsors, policy makers, legal representatives, and the news media
Evaluations of and mechanisms for improving the quality of reporting
Effectiveness of guidelines and standards designed to improve the quality of scientific publication
Evaluations of the quality of print and online information
Quality and reliability of data presentation and scientific images
Quality and use of online supplemental content
Quality and effectiveness of new forms of scientific articles
Models for peer review and scientific publication
Online publication
Open access
Open peer review
Data sharing and access
Prepublication posting and release of information
Postpublication review, communications, and influence
Changes in readership and usage of peer-reviewed published content
Presentation, enhancement, and quality of scientific information in multimedia and new media
Quality, use, and effects of publication metrics and usage statistics
Quality and influence of sponsored supplements and related media, gray literature, and other forms of publication
Quality and effectiveness of content tagging, markup, and structures
The future of scientific publication
Dissemination of scientific and scholarly information
Methods for improving the quality, efficiency, and equitable distribution of biomedical information
New technologies that affect the quality, integrity, dissemination, and access of biomedical information
The impact of social networking and new media on science critique and dissemination