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Topics of Interest for the Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication
* Mechanisms of peer review and editorial decision making used by journals and funders
* Evaluations of the quality, validity, and practicality of peer review and editorial decision making
* Biases, breakdowns, and other weaknesses
* Quality assurance for reviewers and editors
* Authorship, contributorship, and responsibility for published material
* Conflicts of interest
* Research misconduct
* Peer review of grant proposals
* Ethical issues and concerns
* Editorial freedom and integrity
* Editorial policies and responsibilities
* The affects of funding and sponsorship on scientific publication
* Economics of and new financial models for peer review and scientific publication
* Online and Web-based peer review and publication
* Open access and archiving
* Prepublication posting and release of information
* Evaluations of the quality of print and online information
* Quality and reliability of data presentation and scientific images
* Methods for improving the quality, efficiency, and equitable distribution of biomedical information
* New technologies that affect the quality, integrity, dissemination, and access of biomedical information
* The future of scientific publication