Patient and public partnership at BMJ Open Respiratory Research

Patient and public partnership at BMJ Open Respiratory Research

The wider public contribute to research funding through taxation but are then unable to view research findings that sit behind paywalls.2 Open access medical journals have the potential to play a key role in informing and empowering patients and carers and educating the public.3 Increased democratis...

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Published in:BMJ open respiratory research 2021-12, Vol.8 (1), p.e001140
Main Authors: Chapman, Stephen J, Doble, Emma, Fulton, Olivia
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Asthma
Caregivers
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Editorial
Editorials
Ethics
Funding
Health care policy
Medical research
not applicable
Open access publishing
Patients
Peer review
Respiratory diseases
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Summary:The wider public contribute to research funding through taxation but are then unable to view research findings that sit behind paywalls.2 Open access medical journals have the potential to play a key role in informing and empowering patients and carers and educating the public.3 Increased democratisation of access to medical research findings allows greater transparency and scrutiny, ultimately leading to higher quality, more patient-centered research with greater benefit to society. Patient and public involvement in healthcare policy and publishing is perhaps particularly timely when considering novel models of care delivery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 The BMJ has pioneered work on patient and public partnership in medical publishing, with the launch of a Patient and Public Partnership strategy in 2014,4 the setting up of a patient and public advisory panel, and widespread adoption of patient peer review of submitted manuscripts.2 We plan to adopt The BMJ’s initiative to enhance patient and public involvement at BMJ Open Respiratory Research. [...]we plan to explore the possibility of trialling patient and public review of select manuscripts, following on from The BMJ pioneering work in the area.9 We would be pleased to hear from people who are keen to be involved in peer review, whether they are patients, carers, clinicians or scientists.
ISSN:2052-4439
2052-4439