E Wager

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Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Authors, ghosts, damned lies, and statisticians
    Elizabeth Wager
    PLoS Med 4:e34. 2007
  2. ncbi Response to "the corporate coauthor"
    Elizabeth Wager
    J Gen Intern Med 20:672. 2005
  3. ncbi Experiences of the BMJ ethics committee
    Elizabeth Wager
    BMJ 329:510-2. 2004
  4. ncbi Making medical messages stick
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough
    J R Soc Med 100:385-6. 2007
  5. ncbi Why and how do journals retract articles? An analysis of Medline retractions 1988-2008
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, UK
    J Med Ethics 37:567-70. 2011
  6. ncbi What medical writing means to me
    Elizabeth Wager
    Medical Writer, editor and trainer Member, Ethics committees, BMJ and WAME Council member, COPE
    Mens Sana Monogr 5:169-78. 2007
  7. ncbi "Good Publication Practice for Pharmaceutical Companies": where are we now?
    Elizabeth Wager
    MedGenMed 7:6. 2005
  8. ncbi Are reviewers suggested by authors as good as those chosen by editors? Results of a rater-blinded, retrospective study
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, HP27 9DE, UK
    BMC Med 4:13. 2006
  9. ncbi Ethical publishing: the innocent author's guide to avoiding misconduct
    Elizabeth Wager
    Council of the Committee on Publication Ethics
    Menopause Int 13:98-102. 2007
  10. ncbi Do medical journals provide clear and consistent guidelines on authorship?
    Elizabeth Wager
    MedGenMed 9:16. 2007

Detail Information

Publications28

  1. ncbi Authors, ghosts, damned lies, and statisticians
    Elizabeth Wager
    PLoS Med 4:e34. 2007
  2. ncbi Response to "the corporate coauthor"
    Elizabeth Wager
    J Gen Intern Med 20:672. 2005
  3. ncbi Experiences of the BMJ ethics committee
    Elizabeth Wager
    BMJ 329:510-2. 2004
  4. ncbi Making medical messages stick
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough
    J R Soc Med 100:385-6. 2007
  5. ncbi Why and how do journals retract articles? An analysis of Medline retractions 1988-2008
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, UK
    J Med Ethics 37:567-70. 2011
    ..Anecdotal evidence suggested a lack of consistency in journal policies and practices regarding retraction. In order to develop guidelines, we reviewed retractions in Medline to discover how and why articles were retracted...
  6. ncbi What medical writing means to me
    Elizabeth Wager
    Medical Writer, editor and trainer Member, Ethics committees, BMJ and WAME Council member, COPE
    Mens Sana Monogr 5:169-78. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi "Good Publication Practice for Pharmaceutical Companies": where are we now?
    Elizabeth Wager
    MedGenMed 7:6. 2005
    ....
  8. ncbi Are reviewers suggested by authors as good as those chosen by editors? Results of a rater-blinded, retrospective study
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, HP27 9DE, UK
    BMC Med 4:13. 2006
    ..Our objective was to compare the performance of author-nominated reviewers (ANR) with that of editor-chosen reviewers (ECR) in terms of review quality and recommendations about submissions in an online-only medical journal...
  9. ncbi Ethical publishing: the innocent author's guide to avoiding misconduct
    Elizabeth Wager
    Council of the Committee on Publication Ethics
    Menopause Int 13:98-102. 2007
    ..This paper describes the various types of publication misconduct and offers guidance to authors, reviewers and journal editors about ways to detect and prevent them...
  10. ncbi Do medical journals provide clear and consistent guidelines on authorship?
    Elizabeth Wager
    MedGenMed 9:16. 2007
    ..However, previous surveys of authors have suggested that there are no universally known or accepted criteria for determining authorship...
  11. ncbi Recognition, reward and responsibility: why the authorship of scientific papers matters
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, 19 Station Road, Princes Risborough HP27 9DE, United Kingdom
    Maturitas 62:109-12. 2009
    ..Institutions might therefore play a greater role in setting and enforcing authorship policies. Disputes could be reduced if authorship criteria were agreed, in writing, among all contributors at the start of a research project...
  12. ncbi Science journal editors' views on publication ethics: results of an international survey
    E Wager
    Sideview, 19 Station Road, Princes Risborough HP27 9DE, UK
    J Med Ethics 35:348-53. 2009
    ..We surveyed journal editors to determine their views about a range of publication ethics issues...
  13. ncbi JAMA published fewer industry-funded studies after introducing a requirement for independent statistical analysis
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 5:e13591. 2010
    ..JAMA introduced a requirement for independent statistical analysis for industry-funded trials in July 2005. We wanted to see whether this policy affected the number of industry-funded trials published by JAMA...
  14. ncbi A concern that drug companies cannot ignore
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Station Road, Princes Risborough HP27 9DE, UK
    J R Soc Med 98:448-50. 2005
  15. ncbi Good practice for publishing the results of clinical trials
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, UK
    J Br Menopause Soc 11:109-11. 2005
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  16. ncbi Effects of technical editing in biomedical journals: a systematic review
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Buckinghamshire, England
    JAMA 287:2821-4. 2002
    ..Technical editing supposedly improves the accuracy and clarity of journal articles. We examined evidence of its effects on research reports in biomedical journals...
  17. ncbi How to dance with porcupines: rules and guidelines on doctors' relations with drug companies
    Elizabeth Wager
    BMJ 326:1196-8. 2003
  18. ncbi Good publication practice for pharmaceutical companies
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK
    Curr Med Res Opin 19:149-54. 2003
    ..We also hope that pharmaceutical companies and others involved in developing publications arising from sponsored clinical trials will endorse the guidelines...
  19. ncbi The need for trial identifiers
    Elizabeth Wager
    Sideview, Princes Risborough, UK
    Curr Med Res Opin 20:203-6. 2004
    ..These include trial registers and trial in all publications could greatly enhance the value of the medical literature and increase the robustness of systematic reviews and meta-analyses...
  20. ncbi Good publication practices for pharmaceutical companies: why we need another set of guidelines
    Elizabeth Wager
    Curr Med Res Opin 19:147-8. 2003
  21. ncbi What do journal editors do when they suspect research misconduct?
    Elizabeth Wager
    Med Law 26:535-44. 2007
    ..This small survey highlights the difficulties faced by editors in pursuing cases of suspected misconduct and the need for better training and guidance for editors and more cooperation from institutions...
  22. ncbi Depressing research
    Elizabeth Wager
    Lancet 363:2087-8. 2004
  23. ncbi European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) guidelines on the role of medical writers in developing peer-reviewed publications
    Adam Jacobs
    Dianthus Medical Limited, London, UK
    Curr Med Res Opin 21:317-22. 2005
    ..Although this practice can improve both the quality and speed of publications, it has attracted controversy as a result of concerns about the inappropriate influence of pharmaceutical companies...
  24. ncbi CONSORT for reporting randomized controlled trials in journal and conference abstracts: explanation and elaboration
    Sally Hopewell
    UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
    PLoS Med 5:e20. 2008
    ..Here, we extend the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement to develop a minimum list of essential items, which authors should consider when reporting the results of a RCT in any journal or conference abstract...
  25. ncbi CONSORT for reporting randomised trials in journal and conference abstracts
    Sally Hopewell
    UK Cochrane Centre, Summertown Pavilion, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK
    Lancet 371:281-3. 2008
  26. ncbi Pressures are growing to publish clinical trials
    Elizabeth Wager
    BMJ 329:1044. 2004
  27. ncbi Measuring the quality of editorial peer review
    Tom Jefferson
    Health Reviews Ltd, Rome, Italy
    JAMA 287:2786-90. 2002
    ..The research needed to understand the broader effects of peer review poses many methodologic problems and would require the cooperation of many parts of the scientific community...
  28. ncbi Effects of editorial peer review: a systematic review
    Tom Jefferson
    Health Reviews Ltd, Rome, Italy
    JAMA 287:2784-6. 2002
    ..Editorial peer review is widely used to select submissions to journals for publication and is presumed to improve their usefulness. Sufficient research on peer review has been published to consider a synthesis of its effects...