Table 7 Editors-in-Chief descriptions of their journal’s operations in relation to patient partnership
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Does your journal publish non-technical (lay) summaries of research articles? (N = 111) | |
Yes, always | 13 (11.7) |
Yes, for some articles | 14 (12.6) |
No | 84 (75.7) |
Does your journal involve patients in the peer review of submitted articles? (N = 110) | |
Always | 2 (1.8) |
Sometimes | 13 (11.8) |
Never | 95 (86.4) |
Are patients involved in any way in the operation of your journal? (N = 109) | |
Yes | 7 (6.4) |
No | 102 (93.6) |
Does your journal specify that it adheres to the ICMJE Criteria for Authorship? (N = 111) | |
Yes | 75 (67.6) |
No | 17 (15.3) |
Unsure | 19 (17.1) |
Has your journal published a paper that contained a patient or patient partner as author or co-author in the past 12 months? (N = 110) | |
Yes | 16 (14.5) |
No | 72 (65.6) |
Unsure | 22 (20.0) |
Does your journal have an authorship policy which specifies how patients or patient partners should be considered as authors? (N = 110) | |
Yes | 4 (3.6) |
No | 98 (89.1) |
Unsure | 8 (7.3) |