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Declaration of Medical Writing Assistance in International Peer-Reviewed Publications
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To the Editor: Medical researchers have an ethical and scientific obligation to publish, but between one third and two thirds of research may remain unpublished.1-2 A major reason for nonpublication is lack of time,1 which may lead researchers to seek medical writing assistance. Guidelines from journal editors3 and medical writers4-6 encourage authors to acknowledge medical writers. We quantified the proportion of articles from international, peer-reviewed, high-ranking journals that reported medical writing assistance.
Methods
For this descriptive study, which was conducted between November 2004 and January 2005, we reviewed 1000 original research articles from 10 international journals, representing different content areas (Table). Selected journals had to be among the highest ranking journals in their area (based on the 2003 Institute for Scientific Information impact factor), be peer-reviewed, publish acknowledgments, and be available online and in English. Articles were selected in consecutive reverse order, starting with the most recent online edition, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Karen L. Woolley, PhD
kw@proscribe.com.au
ProScribe Medical Communications
Queensland, Australia
Julie A. Ely, PhD
ProScribe Medical Communications
New South Wales, Australia
Mark J. Woolley, PhD;
Leigh Findlay, PhD;
Felicity A. Lynch, PhD
ProScribe Medical Communications
Queensland, Australia
Yoonah Choi, PhD
ProScribe Medical Communications
New South Wales, Australia
Jane M. McDonald, MBA
ProScribe Medical Communications
Tokyo, Japan
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