Research Involvement and Engagement

Instructions for Authors: Mandatory requirements for all submissions

• Plain English Summary must be included in addition to the Abstract for all article types.

• GRIPP2 Form checklist is required for all research articles reporting patient and public involvement. It should be provided as an additional file and should be referenced in the text.

Please ensure that your manuscript meets the requirements above prior to submission. For more information, please see our submission guidelines.

Reviewer guidelines for Research Involvement and Engagement

All submissions to Research Involvement and Engagement are peer reviewed by patients and academics. Following feedback from our patient and wider reviewer community we have developed our reviewer guidelines to include details on how peer review works in the journal, links to training resources and example reviews, and points to consider when writing a review. We recommend all of our reviewers, both patients and academics, familiarize themselves with these guidelines.

About the Editors

Richard Stephens, co-Editor-in-Chief

Richard is a survivor of two cancers, a heart emergency and sundry other health challenges. He has acted as a carer for family members with both mental and physical health challenges. Richard has participated in four clinical trials and fifteen other research studies (including two on Covid-19 and five on aspects of Public Involvement in research). Richard chaired the National Cancer Research Institute’s (NCRI) Consumer Forum 2012-19, and currently chairs BBMRI-ERIC's Stakeholder Group. He also works with various parts of the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), the Health Research Authority (HRA), Cancer Research UK, Genomics England and with pharma, biotechs and Clinical Research Organizations. A patient advocate for over twenty years, Richard has sat on funding committees, advisory bodies, trial management/steering groups, and has co-authored over a dozen research papers. His interest in Involvement and Engagement comes from his desire that research outcomes will benefit patients, that participation is made as easy as possible, and that including patients in designing, delivering and disseminating research will help those things happen.

Sophie Staniszewska, co-Editor-in-Chief 

Sophie leads the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and Experiences of Care Programme at the Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK, where she has undertaken studies focused on enhancing our understanding of PPI and the quality of its reporting. Sophie chaired the Evidence, Knowledge and Learning Group of INVOLVE and is now an Associate member. She is a member of the Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Patient/Citizen Involvement Steering Group and co-chairs the HTAi Methods and Impact sub-Group. She is also a member of the NIHR NETSCC PPI Reference Group. Sophie is committed to embedding co-production into health and social care research.