We have now held 4 Peer Review Congresses at 4-year intervals, and their success is demonstrated by the stimulus they have given to an evolving science—investigation of the process whereby scientific work is selected and published.1 - 4 Since the announcement of the first Peer Review Congress in 1986, the numbers of abstracts submitted to successive Congresses have increased from 50 to 110, 160, and 180, respectively. We have noted similar increases in the number of MEDLINE citations on peer review.5
We now announce that the Fifth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication will be held in September 2005, in Chicago, Ill, where the first 2 Congresses were held in 1989 and 1993. 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.
Topics of interest include those listed in the Article . Abstracts on any aspect of editorial peer review and its role in scientific publication and information exchange will be considered. Abstracts that summarize new research and findings will be given priority. Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 15, 2005. Instructions for preparing and submitting abstracts are available on the Peer Review Congress Web site at http://www.jama-peer.org or by contacting Jennifer Reiling, JAMA, 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60610 USA; telephone: 312-464-5108; fax: 312-464-5824; e-mail: jennifer_reiling@ama-assn.org.
Mechanisms of peer review and editorial decision makingEvaluations of the quality, validity, and practicality of peer review and editorial decision makingOnline and Web-based peer review and publicationPrepublication posting and release of informationQuality assurance for reviewers and editorsAuthorship, contributorship, and responsibility for published materialBreakdowns, weaknesses, and biasesConflicts of interestScientific misconductPeer review of grant proposalsEconomics of peer review and scientific publicationEvaluations of the quality of print and online informationMethods for improving the quality, efficiency, and equitable distribution of biomedical informationInteractive digital systems and other new technologies that affect the dissemination of biomedical informationThe future of scientific publication
As with the previous Congresses, our 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.
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