#medicaleditors — Public Fediverse posts

🤣 Actor Denzel Washington has reached out to me about a #freelance gig! And yes, I am indeed board-certified by the Board of Editors in the #Life #Sciences, in whose directory he says he found me. Fellow #MedicalEditors, watch out for this #scam email. It’s arriving under lots of different names.

Fellow #SelfEmployed #MedicalEditors, #ScienceEditors, & #AcademicEditors, you need to read this entire Bluesky thread about #reference list #fakery created by #AI. #Researcher–#authors aren’t verifying or reading what they cite as source papers. https://bsky.app/profile/benpatrickwill.bsky.social/post/3mae76wbmcs2n

#MedicalResearchers, #MedicalEditors, and #MedicalWriters: Check out MoRE Consensus Definitions, a #glossary of new #terminology used in #clinical #studies. Published here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2835400. My info source: issue 192 of newsletter from https://www.theaccidentalmedicalwriter.com/about/.

#MedicalEditors and #MedicalWriters), if you're a member of the American Medical Writers Association, please take the organization's #survey on how #generative #ArtificialIntelligence is changing how you work, wherever you are on the spectrum of #GenAI usage. AMWA will send you a link to by email.

#MedicalEditors, have you seen this #video from #Elsevier about ScienceDirect #AI? https://videos.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/dIOADQF2qy4t7nHfew5w0/409defb1f11f181e6b7273b49e58b6e7/250220_SDAI_BuzzFilm_TC_50secs_1920x1080_v9_FINAL.mp4

See https://www.sciencedirect.com too.

You'll also want to see this page: https://www.elsevier.com/products/sciencedirect

Fellow #MedicalEditors, are you having this same issue when you use your personal #subscription to the #Oxford #University #Press #online version of the #AMA #Manual of #Style? If yes, please say so in a comment at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kokedit_freelance-medicaleditors-search-activity-7353862313755508740-ioS-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACBLh8BKizVOxJMKKqeH-rrEMhwmUcweK4 .

#MedicalEditors and #MedicalWriters: A July 18 post on the website of the American Medical Writers Association provides alternative resources to counter the disappearance of #DEI #health #data. You don't have to be an AMWA member to access the site's post. https://blog.amwa.org/navigating-the-disappearance-of-dei-in-health-data #AMWA

#MedicalEditors, #MedicalWriters, and #scientists: Website maintenance on the US National Library of Medicine data center is coming up July 25 and may last 24-plus hours. https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/07/08/ncbi-website-maintenance-july-26th/

#Researchers, #ScienceEditors, and #MedicalEditors, I'd be interested in hearing what you think about this article from @insidehighered: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2025/07/10/nih-plans-cap-publisher-fees-dilute-scientific

#MedicalEditors, #MedicalWriters, and #scientists: You may want to know about a possible alternative to #PubMed as a backup when you're creating or #editing #ReferenceLists. https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/115790

#Physician-#researchers, #MedicalEditors, & #ScienceEditors, see new entry on "Editing Tools" page of my Copyeditors' Knowledge Base: https://www.kokedit.com/ckb_4.php. Search for "Retraction Watch" there to find 3 helpful tools from @retractionwatch, which helps make #journal #publishing honest. #CKB

As a longtime member of the American Medical Writers Association (which does indeed have plenty of members like me who are #MedicalEditors), I greatly appreciate this statement that #AMWA sent to all members. https://tinyurl.com/4d7sczyu #AmEditing

#MedicalEditors, this #news from the Associated Press will interest you: “A federal judge on Tuesday ordered #government #agencies to restore public access to #health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an executive order by [the current president].” https://tinyurl.com/m9b8rr8a

#MedicalEditors, see this in The #Lancet: “#Predatory #journals: what can we do to protect their prey?” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02863-0/fulltext

#MedicalEditors: In the magazine Mother Jones, an anonymous #physician shares concerns about the silence of the American Medical Association on changes proposed by the US gov’t that likely violate #AMA policies. https://tinyurl.com/yjyafvxh

Breaking news: #CDC orders mass #retraction and #revision of submitted #research across all #science and #medicine #journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. #MedicalEditors, please note. https://open.substack.com/pub/insidemedicine/p/breaking-news-cdc-orders-mass-retraction?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#ScienceEditors & #MedicalEditors: Found a helpful #tool I hadn't known of: https://www.genenames.org/, from the HGNC, lets you look up approved #gene #nomenclature. Handy when you're #editing & want to double-check that the #authors got the gene info right.

#MedicalEditors, #MedicalWriters, & the general public: Go to the bottom of the page at www.kff.org/about-us/ to sign up for #news updates on US #healthcare topics & US #HealthPolicy. Its major program areas are policy #analysis, #polling, #journalism, #PublicHealth information campaigns, and #health #misinformation & #trust. #AmEditing

#Job opps for #ScienceEditors & #MedicalEditors:
• Mgr, publications, for ISPOR: tinyurl.com/c56wsf4e
• Assoc. Managing Editor for American Physiological Society: tinyurl.com/mwhenxzb
• Editorial Coordinator, Production, for American Association for the Advancement of Science: tinyurl.com/32t7bw8t

Congratulations to my colleague Melissa Bogen, ELS, who has been awarded a 2024 fellowship by the American Medical Writers Association! https://www.amwa.org/news/news.asp?id=678565 Thanks for all you've been doing for #MedicalEditors for years, Melissa! #AmEditing

#MedicalJournals, on your #website, please specify what #style #manual you follow (e.g., AMA, APA, CSE) so that #authors — and #MedicalEditors — can decrease your #workload when you're prepping accepted #manuscripts for #publication. #Consistency helps your #readers. Thank you. #AmEditing

For #information about the #valuable #skills and #training that #MedicalEditors have and how those help your #writing be its best and be more likely to be #published, see "A Comprehensive Guide to Medical Editing," from the American Medical Writers Association: https://tinyurl.com/hjwp4ecn #AmEditing

This #research report—an open access article in the Council of Science Editors' #journal, Science Editor—presents important ideas for #ScienceEditors & #MedicalEditors to ponder, especially if they #edit for #multilingual #authors whose first language isn't #English. https://tinyurl.com/ytzbvv7b #AmEditing

Fellow #MedicalEditors, #ScienceEditors, and general folks interested in #health and #medicine: Check out this #medical #reference #directory containing >850 #accessible medical information #websites. Wow! https://openmd.com/directory/ #AmEditing

On April 18, 2024, American Medical Writers Assoc. is hosting #webinar "Updated Guidance on #Inclusive #Language for #Science #Writers and #Editors," re AMA Manual of Style: https://www.amwa.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1833883 . Presenters: Tracy Frey of JAMA Network & Stacy L. Christiansen of JAMA. #MedicalEditors #AmEditing

Attention all #freelance #medical #communicators (#MedicalEditors and #MedicalWriters): Monica Nicosia, PhD (owner, Nicosia Medical Writer LLC) wants you to take the 2024 Freelance Medical Communicator Tools of the Trade Survey: https://s.surveyplanet.com/7r30rh40 . #SelfEmployment #survey

For new #freelance #editors, here's an article from #amWriting with tips on #tracking your working #time. It was written for #MedicalWriters and #MedicalEditors, but the information can help you if you #edit in other arenas. https://blog.amwa.org/tips-from-the-experts-on-freelance-time-tracking

#MedicalEditors, ever wish you could get better results from the #author #queries you write when you're #editing? The American Medical Writers Association has a webinar for you: Art of the Editor's Query: Effective Strategies for Seeking Clarity. https://tinyurl.com/5dp9z8xx

#MedicalEditors: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine has a half-time #MedicalEditing #job listing here: https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/516814/editor-ii . #Bookstodon

Nearly 20 #Hindawi #journals have been delisted from a leading index amid concerns of #PaperMill activity. #ScienceEditors and #MedicalEditors, beware which journals you are editing for—no #fake #science, please. https://retractionwatch.com/2023/03/21/nearly-20-hindawi-journals-delisted-from-leading-index-amid-concerns-of-papermill-activity/ #Bookstodon

There's something so soothing about #editing #ReferenceLists. It's probably the process of making #order out of #chaos. #AmEditing #publishing #MedicalEditors #Bookstodon

Hello, fellow #MedicalEditors. I live in the USA & am familiar with American #medical #dictionaries. If you're British & edit British medical English, please tell me the titles of the highest-regarded medical English dictionaries in the UK. Many thanks. #editing #journals #books #Bookstodon #publishing