Join the EQUATOR GoodReports campaign - it's time for action!

EQUATOR are delighted to invite you to register for a unique pre-congress workshop, hear about recent innovations and share ideas. The objective of the morning is to develop a practical action plan for journals and publishers to improve the quality of scientific reporting, peer review and publications.

Doug Altman, EQUATOR team members, and Headache Managing Editor Jason Roberts will lead a morning workshop exploring practical ways to improve reporting in biomedical journals.

We will hear the perspectives and experiences of leading journal editors, publishers and funders all concerned with improving the quality of research publications by making and enforcing meaningful changes in their policies and processes.

We will explore recent innovations, share and discuss experiences and work together to produce a draft a practical one-page EQUATOR GoodReports action plan for journals and publishers.

In the afternoon, Headache Managing Editor Jason Roberts and EQUATOR's David Moher will lead a complementary workshop "Predatory Journals. What can legitimate journals do to stop them?"

Both workshops are presented proudly in association with the International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication, September 10-12, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, USA

On the evening of Monday 11 September, Patrick Bossuyt will give the 8th Annual EQUATOR Lecture

More about EQUATOR

The UK EQUATOR Centre is part of the international EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research). The EQUATOR Network website is a unique one-stop shop of free online tools and resources aimed to support all those involved in the conduct and reporting of health research including researchers, journal editors and publishers, health information specialists, reporting guideline developers and teachers of evidence-based medicine and related disciplines. This highly-accessed website is home to the Library of Health Research Reporting which includes an up-to-date comprehensive searchable database of nearly 300 published Reporting Guidelines.

The UK EQUATOR Centre is focused on the provision of education and training for researchers based in the UK, as well as developing online learning resources and facilitating workshops and seminars all over the world. We are also aiming to launch innovative educational and training initiatives with UK and international partners both to improve awareness of and adherence to reporting guidelines amongst researchers, research funders, and the journal and publishing community, but also to improve the public understanding of and engagement with health research.

More detailed information about the EQUATOR Network can be found on our website. http://www.equator-network.org/

For further information about this event please contact: caroline.struthers@csm.ox.ac.uk