The brevity of an abstract belies its importance to a manuscript. It’s what catches a reader’s attention and helps them to decide whether a paper is relevant. Yet failing to reflect the content of the ...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

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A new extension to the PRISMA guideline on reporting systemic reviews and meta-analyses (types of studies that analyse information from many studies) will help authors to give a more robust summary ...

Work can be submitted to one of the five categories. Abstracts that do not contain data may be accepted for an online recording on VoiceThread but will not qualify for an in-person presentation or ...

While most papers will focus on one of the principle topical areas below, authors have been encouraged to consider integration with the other areas as applicable. Due to the postponement of the event ...