Got a #PeerReview request from an electronic #OpenAccess journal that charges APCs. So far so normal.

But they charge an additional fee of US$100 per page if a paper exceeds page count limits. Admittedly, those are set realistically (for my field at least). But in an electronic journal?

#NightshiftEditor

I recently had to re-visit SAGE's "Reviewer's Guide"* and was surprised that it still contained these questions to guide the formation of the first impression of a paper:

Is this paper relevant for the journal?

Is this research significant within the field?

Is the work presented novel?

Does it add to the subject area?

Arguably, none of these are questions for reviewers to answer.

#PeerReview #NightshiftEditor
* https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/how_to_become_a_reviewer_new_0.pdf

Great @EASE seminar yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjYWGlatYZQ

Really good content also for authors, PIs, #PeerReview -ers & people who consider #RCT methodology for future work.

The discussion was lively and covered some advanced topics.

One key moment:
the broader landscape of registrations, and within that the specific trial requirements, is often not covered well in the literature and such talks - for more, check in at 6:24min

#Registration #PreRegistration #RCT #NightshiftEditor #AcademicWriting

EASE Germany Webinar: Clinical trial transparency, from registration to results reporting

YouTube

Touching on trials, reporting guidelines, and journal publishing/ editing - this
@EASE science webinar on 30.09. sounds very promising:
https://ease.org.uk/event/ease-germany-webinar-clinical-trial-transparency-from-registration-to-results-reporting/

#NightshiftEditor #AcademicPublishing #RCTs

EASE Germany Webinar: Clinical trial transparency, from registration to results reporting - EASE

This webinar will provide an overview of practices key to trial transparency, such as registration, results reporting, and data sharing. We will discuss current standards and regulations and provide a brief history.

EASE

Brittany Lapin and I edited* the joint publication of the PRISMA-COSMIN guidelines for Outcome Measurement Instruments 2024 in four journals last year:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38980635/

It is great to see that this is now also accompanied by table templates for communication of results
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-025-04058-y

#NightshiftEditor #ReportingGuidelines #AcademicPublishing #SysReview #Psychometrics
* https://osf.io/preprints/osf/ukw93_v1

Guideline for reporting systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs): PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024 - PubMed

PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024 consists of two checklists (full reports; abstracts), their corresponding explanation and elaboration documents detailing the rationale and examples for each item, and a data flow diagram. PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024 can improve the reporting of systematic reviews of OMIs …

PubMed

Brittany Lapin and I edited* the joint publication of the PRISMA-COSMIN guidelines for Outcome Measurement Instruments 2024 in four journals last year:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38980635/

It is great to see that this is now also accompanied by table templates for communication of results
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-025-04058-y

#NightshiftEditor #ReportingGuidelines #AcademicPublishing #SysReview #Psychometrics
* https://osf.io/preprints/osf/ukw93_v1

Guideline for reporting systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs): PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024 - PubMed

PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024 consists of two checklists (full reports; abstracts), their corresponding explanation and elaboration documents detailing the rationale and examples for each item, and a data flow diagram. PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024 can improve the reporting of systematic reviews of OMIs …

PubMed

New #AcademicYear - New #introduction

I am a researcher at #DundeeUni and interested in health-related quality of life
#HRQoL #Psychometrics

I teach #ResearchMethodology and #ResearchMethods with a focus on #Quantitative methods.

I worked for 7yrs as a #NightshiftEditor and I am still mulling over roles in and sense of #AcademicPublishing

This is mainly a work account, but I also post #Dundee stuff such as #DunDeCofaidh and occasional #Deutsch #Svenska #Gaidhlig (👉 pure work account at BSky)

Tired of using the same old repository for publishing your #PrePrints and materials?

Maybe a look at the
Directory of #OpenAccess Preprint Repositories*
is helpful:
https://doapr.coar-repositories.org/

#NightshiftEditor #AcademicPublishing
*Talk to (research) librarians. They know stuff!

Directory of Open Access Preprint Repositories: Home

Having worked with such data, #PeerReview-ed such submissions, as well as been the editor of such papers, I think papers reporting results based on data collected in routine monitoring come with ethical issues. And the above is a core selection of what needs to be clarified when manuscripts are submitted to journals.

#PublicationEthics #NightshiftEditor

#ISOQOL

#1/
Excellent talk by Kevin Weinfurt in #Plenary1 discussing multiple types of measures (go also to #Plenary4 for that!), increased use of high-intensity longitudinal data, and generative AI for assessments.

Start reading his work:
https://rdcu.be/dWXSz
#HRQL #Psychometrics

#2/
Not sure this is what the #ISOQOL_NewInvestigators wanted when asking me to talk about advice for manuscript writing, but this is the slide people talked to me about 👇
#NightshiftEditor #ScientificPublishing

Constructing arguments for the interpretation and use of patient-reported outcome measures in research: an application of modern validity theory