Partner institutions

BioMed Central (BMC)

A pioneer of open access publishing, BMC has an evolving portfolio of high quality peer-reviewed journals including broad interest titles such as BMC Biology and BMC Medicine, specialist journals such as Malaria Journal and Microbiome, and the BMC series. At BMC, research is always in progress. BMC is committed to continual innovation to better support the needs of its communities, ensuring the integrity of the research it publishes and championing the benefits of open research. BMC is part of Springer Nature.

The British Medical Journal (BMJ)

BMJ is a global academic publisher providing a wide range of evidence-based medicine products to healthcare professionals and institutional clients: academic institutions, governments and Ministries of Health, healthcare providers and medical societies. It offers a comprehensive information support system that improves patient outcomes and the decisions people make every day. The company also offers many other products for clinicians, such as BMJ Careers and BMJ Learning.

Cochrane

Cochrane promotes evidence-informed health decision-making by producing high-quality, relevant, accessible systematic reviews. Cochrane comprises 54 Review groups (responsible for performing systematic reviews in specific medical area) and 16 Methods groups at the forefront of new methodological development in systematic reviews and a Consumer network to involve healthcare consumers in the production of Cochrane Systematic Reviews.

University of Exeter Medical School

The Medical School’s mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of the public, in the South West and across the world through swiftly turning new discoveries into treatments and therapies, and through nurturing graduates, staff and researchers who are critical thinkers and problem-solvers. The Medical School works closely with the NHS and healthcare providers to ensure our innovations tackle complex global healthcare needs.

University of Oxford, EQUATOR network

The EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability and value of published health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines. It is the first coordinated attempt to tackle the problems of inadequate reporting systematically and on a global scale; it advances the work done by individual groups over the last 15 years.

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Research at OHRI focuses on answering important health questions and translating new findings into benefits for patients and society.

The Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford University

The first interdisciplinary centre launched at Stanford University that focuses on performing research on research and on promoting research practices that can improve the efficiency and credibility of scientific investigation (METRICS). METRICS is performing highly influential research on research.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

A national institution using clinical research results to develop national guidance, NICE has established a worldwide reputation for producing authoritative, evidence-based advice and guidelines for health, public
health and social care practitioners. NICE has produced more than 850 pieces of guidance on a diverse range of topics. NICE also works through its research and development team to facilitate the prioritisation of research
using internal mechanisms and liaise with external partners to take up the research.

Sideview

A small company for medical writing and publication who offers training and consultancy to pharmaceutical companies, medical communication agencies, journal editors, publishers and universitites.

University of Paris-Saclay

19 varied but complementary institutions make up Université Paris-Saclay: two universities, eleven prestigious university-level colleges and seven research organizations. To meet the challenge of global competition in terms of education, research and innovation, these institutions decided to work together on a common project in 2014: Université Paris-Saclay, by pooling courses and research of the highest national and international standards.

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