Liaison Faculty09 - Research for NHS Clinicians [Workshop] - Presentation Transcript
Research for NHS
Clinicians
What is Possible?
Alex Mitchell, Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry
Contents
Contents
• Part I: Getting Published
• Part II: Being Measured
• Part III: Real World Outputs from Liaison Psychiatry
Part I: Getting Published
Part I: Getting Published
Why Publish?
Three Bottlenecks
Successes
Your Research
The fate of medical research (DeBakey, 1974)
NHS Power -2004 Stats
NHS Power -2004 Stats
Academics
• 494 clinical lecturers (down 17% on 2003)
• 1500 Readers / SnR Lecturers (down 11% on 2000)
• 1146 Professors (up 10% on 2000)
• 3113 FTE clinical academics in all specialties
• 302 SnR academics in Psychiatry
• 40 lecturers in Psychiatry
NHS Power -2004 Stats
NHS Power -2004 Stats
Academics
• 494 clinical lecturers (down 17% on 2003)
• 1500 Readers / SnR Lecturers (down 11% on 2000)
• 1146 Professors (up 10% on 2000)
• 302 SnR academics in Psychiatry
• 40 lecturers in Psychiatry
• 3113 FTE clinical academics in all specialties
NHS Staff
• 117,000 NHS doctors (up 5% on 2000)
• 34,000 GPs (up 2%)
• 30,600 Consultants (up 5%)
• 397,000 Nurses (up 2.5%)
• 129,000 Allied health professionals (up 4%)
• 1,071,462 FTE qualified staff
• 3,500 NHS Consultant Psychiatrists vs 350 academic psychiatrists
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• NHS Medical Staff
– 120,000 x 1 paper every 5 years!
– N= 24,000
• NHS AHP
– 500,000 x 1 paper every 100 years
– N= 5,000
• Ratio of Outputs = 15,000 to 29,000 (1:2)
Productivity
Productivity
• Academics
– 3000 x 5 papers per year
– N= 15,000
• NHS Medical Staff
– 120,000 x 1 paper every 5 years!
– N= 24,000
• NHS AHP
– 500,000 x 1 paper every 100 years
– N= 5,000
• Ratio of Outputs = 15,000 to 29,000 (1:2)
Typical Journal Statistics (eg BMJ)
Typical Journal Statistics (eg BMJ)
• 7000 research papers received
• 1000 rejected by one editor immediately
– further 4500 rejected by editors after reading
– Only 25% (1500) sent to reviewers
– Only 10% reach weekly manuscript meeting
• (with Editor, a clinicians and a statistician)
– 350 research articles after revisions (and up to 6 peer reviews)
• Only 3% (1990-2000) to 6% (2000+) accepted by BMJ
=> time!
First received 26 Sep 2007, final revision 30 Sep 2008, accepted 20 Nov 2008; 540 days
Open Access Publishing
Discussion Forum (Pub. Stage 1) + Journal (Pub. Stage 2)
Open Publication Cycle – 12mo
Open Publication Cycle – 12mo
T0 T+1mo T+3mo T+5mo
Step1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Paper Present to Present at Submit to
Completed colleagues conference online journal
(informal PR)
T+6mo T+7mo T+9mo
Step 6 Public
Step 5 Step 8
comments
Editor Publishes Revision
Step 7 Peer
“discussion paper”
Review 1
T+11mo T+12mo
Step 11
Step 9 Step 10
Readers letters
Online proof Open Access Publication
(post-publication)
=> Good news2
How Many?
How Many?
• Hospital Specialist
• 75 journals in psychiatry
• + 50 in neurology
• + 50 in medicine
• + 25 in misc. fields
– 2400 issues per year
– 24,000 specialty articles per year
– 6.5 journals per day
– 65 articles per day
The Publishing Landscape
The Publishing Landscape
Example Scope Direct Readership
Generalist titles The Lancet Generalist, very high impact Generalist
(IF5+), closely peer reviewed 1000,000s?
Specialty titles BJPsych Covering specialty as whole, Specialists (mainly
high impact (IF3+) secondary care)
10,000s-00,000s
Sub-specialty J of ECT Specific disease area/therapy Sub-specialists on
titles class, low impact disease
1000s
Primary care PCP Primary care focus, can be low 1000s
titles scientific impact if jnl is new
Magazine titles Pulse Not generally peer-reviewed 10,000s+
but highly targetted readership
Internal titles Newsletter Not peer-reviewed, not widely 100s+
read, never cites
Some Obscure Psychiatry Titles
Some Obscure Psychiatry Titles
1.691 WORLD J BIOL PSYCHIATRY
1.505 NEUROCASE
1.441 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
1.264 AGING MENT HEALTH
1.229 SUBST USE MISUSE
1.206 ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRY
1.181 PSYCHIATRY CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
1.176 JOURNAL OF ECT
1.062 PERSPECT PSYCHIATR CARE
1.051 NEUROPSYCHIATRIE
1 BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
0.951 J PSYCHOSOMATIC OBST & GYN
0.752 NORDIC J PSYCHIAT
0.734 ARCH PSYCHIAT NURS
0.733 INT JJOURNAL PSYCHIATRY IN MEDICINE
0.721 STRESS AND HEALTH
Bottleneck 2: Your Colleagues
Bottleneck 2: Your Colleagues
Overview of Peer Review
Overview of Peer Review
Author Filter Editorial Filter Peer Review Filter Outcome
Quantitative
Grade
Grading Published
Accept
Where to Article
Article
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Revise
Comments to
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Reject Author
Send
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Bias from Hidden Reviewers
Bias from Hidden Reviewers
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Acceptance
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See Maddox J. Conflicts of interest declared [news]. Nature 1992; 360: 205;
Locke S. Fraud in medicine [editorial]. Br Med J 1988; 296: 376–7.
What Makes a Good Reviewer?
What Makes a Good Reviewer?
• A reviewer was less than 40 years old
• From a top academic institution
• Well known to the editor choosing the reviewer
• Author blinded to the identity of the manuscript's authors
• Then the probability of good review was 87% vs 7%
Evans AT, McNutt RA, Fletcher SW, Fletcher RH. The characteristics of peer reviewers who produce good-quality
reviews. J Gen Intern Med. 1993 Aug;8(8):422-8
Open & Blind Review & Submission
Open & Blind Review & Submission
• Does revealing reviewers’ identity influence outcome?
– Open vs blind peer review
• Does revealing Authors’ identity influence outcome?
– Open vs blind submission
• http://www.slideshare.net/ajmitchell
Bottleneck 3: Yourself
Bottleneck 3: Yourself
Problems with Authors
Problems with Authors
• Multiple publication
• Ghost authorship
• Gift authorship
• Conflicts of Interest
• Fraud / Plagarism
Ghost Authorship
Ghost Authorship
• An Inquiry by the UK House of Commons Health Select
Committee into the Influence of the Pharmaceutical
Industry October 2004
– 50% of therapeutics articles may be ghost written
• Flanagin A et al (1998) Prevalence of Articles With
Honorary Authors and Ghost Authors in Peer-Reviewed
Medical Journals JAMA 280:222-224
• Of 809 articles
– 19% had evidence of honorary (gift) authors
– 11% had evidence of ghost authors
– 2% had evidence of both
How Many Authors?
How Many Authors?
• Deep Impact: Observations from a Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign
K. J. Meech, N. Ageorges, M. F. A'Hearn, C. Arpigny, A. Ates, J. Aycock, S. Bagnulo, J. Bailey, R. Barber,
L. Barrera, R. Barrena, J. M. Bauer, M. J. S. Belton, F. Bensch, B. Bhattacharya, N. Biver, G. Blake, D.
Bockelée-Morvan, H. Boehnhardt, B. P. Bonev, T. Bonev, M. W. Buie, M. G. Burton, H. M. Butner, R.
Cabanac, R. Campbell, H. Campins, M. T. Capria, T. Carroll, F. Chaffee, S. B. Charnley, R. Cleis, A.
Coates, A. Cochran, P. Colom, A. Conrad, I. M. Coulson, J. Crovisier, J. deBuizer, R. Dekany, J. de
Léon, N. Dello Russo, A. Delsanti, M. DiSanti, J. Drummond, L. Dundon, P. B. Etzel, T. L. Farnham, P.
Feldman, Y. R. Fernández, M. D. Filipovic, S. Fisher, A. Fitzsimmons, D. Fong, R. Fugate, H. Fujiwara,
T. Fujiyoshi, R. Furusho, T. Fuse, E. Gibb, O. Groussin, S. Gulkis, M. Gurwell, E. Hadamcik, O.
Hainaut, D. Harker, D. Harrington, M. Harwit, S. Hasegawa, C. W. Hergenrother, P. Hirst, K. Hodapp,
M. Honda, E. S. Howell, D. Hutsemékers, D. Iono, W.-H. Ip, W. Jackson, E. Jehin, Z. J. Jiang, G. H.
Jones, P. A. Jones, T. Kadono, U. W. Kamath, H. U. Käufl, T. Kasuga, H. Kawakita, M. S. Kelley, F.
Kerber, M. Kidger, D. Kinoshita, M. Knight, L. Lara, S. M. Larson, S. Lederer, C.-F. Lee, A. C.
Levasseur-Regourd, J. Y. Li, Q.-S. Li, J. Licandro, Z.-Y. Lin, C. M. Lisse, G. LoCurto, A. J. Lovell, S. C.
Lowry, J. Lyke, D. Lynch, J. Ma, K. Magee-Sauer, G. Maheswar, J. Manfroid, O. Marco, P. Martin, G.
Melnick, S. Miller, T. Miyata, G. H. Moriarty-Schieven, N. Moskovitz, B. E. A. Mueller, M. J. Mumma,
S. Muneer, D. A. Neufeld, T. Ootsubo, D. Osip, S. K. Pandea, E. Pantin, R. Paterno-Mahler, B. Patten, B.
E. Penprase, A. Peck, G. Petitas, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Pittichova, E. Pompei, T. P. Prabhu, C. Qi, R. Rao,
H. Rauer, H. Reitsema, S. D. Rodgers, P. Rodriguez, R. Ruane, G. Ruch, W. Rujopakarn, D. K. Sahu, S.
Sako, I. Sakon, N. Samarasinha, J. M. Sarkissian, I. Saviane, M. Schirmer, P. Schultz, R. Schulz, P.
Seitzer, T. Sekiguchi, F. Selman, M. Serra-Ricart, R. Sharp, R. L. Snell, C. Snodgrass, T. Stallard, G.
Stecklein, C. Sterken, J. A. Stüwe, S. Sugita, M. Sumner, N. Suntzeff, R. Swaters, S. Takakuwa, N.
Takato, J. Thomas-Osip, E. Thompson, A. T. Tokunaga, G. P. Tozzi, H. Tran, M. Troy, C. Trujillo, J.
Van Cleve, R. Vasundhara, R. Vazquez, F. Vilas, G. Villanueva, K. von Braun, P. Vora, R. J. Wainscoat,
K. Walsh, J. Watanabe, H. A. Weaver, W. Weaver, M. Weiler, P. R. Weissman, W. F. Welsh, D. Wilner,
S. Wolk, M. Womack, D. Wooden, L. M. Woodney, C. Woodward, Z.-Y. Wu, J.-H. Wu, T. Yamashita,
B. Yang, Y.-B. Yang, S. Yokogawa, A. C. Zook, A. Zauderer, X. Zhao, X. Zhou, and J.-M. Zucconi
Science 14 October 2005: 265-269.
Part II: Being Measured
Part II: Being Measured
Impact Factors
Journals vs papers vs
individuals
H-Index
Dissemination
How to Grade Research…of an Author
How to Grade Research…of an Author
10% top 10 journals
100% Listed on Pubmed
70% peer reviewed journals
75% Listed on Pubmed
90% Listed on Scopus/WoK
20% other material (eg chapters)
5% Listed on Pubmed
15% Listed on Scopus/WoK
How to Grade Research…of an Author
How to Grade Research…of an Author
10% top 10 journals
Impact
(citations)
70% peer reviewed journals
20% other material
PubMed Hits for March 2005 (millions)
PubMed Hits for March 2005 (millions)
The Dreaded “Impact Factor”
The Dreaded “Impact Factor”
Q. How do you know what published research is important?
Q. How do you decide what research to read?
2400 experts
537 citations
What is the Impact factor?
What is the Impact factor?
• Journal IF
• A = citations in the last 2 years in journal
• B = number of articles Impact Factor = A/B
• Article IF
• A = Total citations of article
• B = Age of article Impact Factor = A/B
• Personal IF
• A = citations in the last 2 years by individual
• B = number of articles Impact Factor = A/B
What is the Impact factor?
What is the Impact factor?
• Journal IF
• A = citations in the last 2 years in journal
• B = number of articles Impact Factor = A/B
• Article IF
• A = Total citations of article
• B = Age of article Impact Factor = A/B
• Personal IF
• A = citations in the last 2 years by individual
• B = number of articles Impact Factor = A/B
Eugene Garfield
Eugene Garfield
• Citation Databases
– Science citation index (CD)
– BIDS
– ISI Science Direct
– Web of Science
– Web of Knowledge
– Scopus
Medical Journals Impact Factors
Medical Journals Impact Factors
Increase in Scientific Output
http://www.americanscientist.org/my_amsci/restricted.aspx?act=pdf&id=3263000957901
Type of Article and Impact
Type of Article and Impact
Good Paper
Importance of Reviews
Importance of Reviews
• WHITTINGTON, C. J., KENDALL,T., FONAGY, P., COTTRELL, D.,
COTGROVE, A. & BODDINGTON, E. (2004) Selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors in childhood depression: systematic review of published versus
unpublished data. Lancet, 363, 1341-1345.
• Lancet Paper of the Year 2004
• BACKGROUND: Questions concerning the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the treatment of
depression in children led us to compare and contrast published and unpublished data on the risks and benefits of these
drugs. METHODS: We did a meta-analysis of data from randomised controlled trials that evaluated an SSRI versus
placebo in participants aged 5-18 years and that were published in a peer-reviewed journal or were unpublished and
included in a review by the Committee on Safety of Medicines. The following outcomes were included: remission,
response to treatment, depressive symptom scores, serious adverse events, suicide-related behaviours, and
discontinuation of treatment because of adverse events. FINDINGS: Data for two published trials suggest that fluoxetine
has a favourable risk-benefit profile, and unpublished data lend support to this finding. Published results from one trial
of paroxetine and two trials of sertraline suggest equivocal or weak positive risk-benefit profiles. However, in both
cases, addition of unpublished data indicates that risks outweigh benefits. Data from unpublished trials of citalopram and
venlafaxine show unfavourable risk-benefit profiles. INTERPRETATION: Published data suggest a favourable risk-
benefit profile for some SSRIs; however, addition of unpublished data indicates that risks could outweigh benefits of
these drugs (except fluoxetine) to treat depression in children and young people. Clinical guideline development and
clinical decisions about treatment are largely dependent on an evidence base published in peer-reviewed journals. Non-
publication of trials, for whatever reason, or the omission of important data from published trials, can lead to erroneous
recommendations for treatment. Greater openness and transparency with respect to all intervention studies is needed.
IF Psychiatry Journals
IF Psychiatry Journals
Part III: Real World Research Outputs
Part III: Real World Research Outputs
Journal outputs
Top 10 Psychiatric papers
Top 10 Authors
Journal Outputs
Journal Outputs
Q. What is the effect of a high IF on individual authors?
IF and Submission Ratio
IF and Submission Ratio
• The IF can be considered inversely proportional to the
chances of acceptance
BMJ Manuscript Processing
1000 Hand written
6000 received
Immediately Silly mistakes
per year rejected Wrong journal
2500 Poorly written
5000 scanned by Rejected by Obvious flaws
1 editor editor Too Obscure
1000 Rejected Methodological
2500 sent
by reviewer / concerns
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400 rejected 100 accepted
500
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1500 sent to 400 rejected 100 accepted
500
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committees
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500
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Acceptance Rate
= 1 in 20 (6 per week + 2 short
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1 in 10+
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Liaison Journals
Liaison Journals
Impact Factor Abbreviated Journal Title Total Cites Impact Factor Articles Cited Half Life
2.199 PSYCHOSOMATICS 2259 2.199 80 7.5
2.117 GEN HOSP PSYCHIAT 1952 2.117 83 7
2.095 EPILEPSY BEHAV 1937 2.095 178 3.3
2.053 J NEUROPSYCH CLIN N 2396 2.053 55 7.8
1.859 J PSYCHOSOM RES 6203 1.859 157 7.9
1.206 ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATR 201 1.206 45 3.4
1 BEHAV MED 479 1 13 9.2
0.733 INT J PSYCHIAT MED 823 0.733 30 >10.0
Individual Papers
Individual Papers
Q. What are the “most important” papers in psychiatry?
Q. How many times do you think the top papers are cited?
Top 10 Cited Papers in Psychiatry
Top 10 Cited Papers in Psychiatry
Top 10 Cited Papers in Psychiatry_Year
Top 10 Cited Papers in Psychiatry_Year
Top Non-Scale/Tool Papers?
Top Non-Scale/Tool Papers?
Personal “Impact Factor”
Personal “Impact Factor”
Q. Who are the most influential authors in psychiatry?
Q Can influence by measured?
SURNAME INITIALS SPECIALTY Level
BAILEY SM C & A Psychiatry Platinum
FAIRBURN CJA General Psychiatry Platinum
GOODWIN GM General Psychiatry Platinum
LACEY JH General Psychiatry Platinum
MCKEITH IG Old Age Psychiatry Platinum
OWEN MJ General Psychiatry Platinum
THORNICROFT GJ General Psychiatry Platinum
WILLIAMS RJW C & A Psychiatry Platinum
APPLEBY LJ General Psychiatry Gold
BHUGRA D General Psychiatry Gold
BOLTON PF C & A Psychiatry Gold
DAVID AS General Psychiatry Gold
GILVARRY EA General Psychiatry Gold
GOODMAN R C & A Psychiatry Gold
GRUBIN DH Forensic Psychiatry Gold
HILL JW C & A Psychiatry Gold
HUNTER S General Psychiatry Gold
JONES PB General Psychiatry Gold
LEE AS General Psychiatry Gold
O'CONNOR S General Psychiatry Gold
PRIEBE S General Psychiatry Gold
SENSKY TE General Psychiatry Gold
STRATHDEE G General Psychiatry Gold
TREASURE JL General Psychiatry Gold
WILSON KMC Old Age Psychiatry Gold
ZIGMOND AS General Psychiatry Gold
Measuring Individuals Research
Measuring Individuals Research
Old Methods (counts)
• Subjective top 4 publications (RAE)
• Subjective top 10 publications (CEA form D)
• Total publications count
• Total Peer reviewed publications
New Methods (IFs)
• Total citations
• Citations per publication
• Citations per year (last 2 years)
• No. publications with same number of citations (H-index)
• Citations per year since qualification
Output Measured
Output Measured Results
78
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Sum of the
325
Times Cited
Average
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Citations per
Item
h-index 12
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Publication Count in Liaison (Anonymous)
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End: 5 Tips
End: 5 Tips
Predictors of Journal Acceptance
Predictors of Journal Acceptance
• 1. Submitting the paper!
• 2. Proofing and high quality submission
• 3. Co-authorship
• 4. Choosing a low impact journal
• 5. Improving and re-sending after rejection
• 6. Selling in the Cover letter
• 7. Speaking with the editor
• 8. Getting an invited paper
Predictors of High Impact Citation
Predictors of High Impact Citation
• 1. Publishing in a high impact journal
“There was some delay in submission……. due to a backlog in the to do tray”
Citations vs probability article is online
Lawrence S. Online or invisible. Nature 2001;411:521
http://external.nj.nec.com/~lawrence/papers/online-nature01/
A comment from Rennie Drummond deputy editor
A comment from Rennie Drummond deputy editor
JAMA
JAMA
There seems to be no study too
fragmented, no hypothesis too trivial,
no literature citation too biased or too
egotistical, no design too warped, no
methodology too bungled, no
presentation of results too inaccurate,
too obscure, and too contradictory, no
analysis too self serving, no argument
too circular, no conclusions too trifling
or too unjustified, and no grammar and
syntax too offensive…..for a paper to
end up in print.
What is the Cost of Research?
What is the Cost of Research?
• CATIE (Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness)
– National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) clinical trial cost $67 million, with 1460
participants enrolled = $45,000 per patient for one year or $123 per day
• Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial
(ALLHAT)
– The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funding for Fiscal Years
(FY) 1993-2004 was $83,170,059, and 42,418 participants enrolled => $2,000 per
patient
• Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Clinical Trial
– Funding: FY 1994-2002 was $176 million and 3,234 participants enrolled (45% were
minorities). => $54,000 per participant
Pubmed vs Wok vs Scopus
Pubmed vs Wok vs Scopus
Pubmed
• 5,500 journals
• 18 million articles
Scopus
• 16,000
• 36 million articles
WOK
• 23,000 journals
• 40 million articles
This is a workshop from 19-Mar-09 presented at the more
This is a workshop from 19-Mar-09 presented at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Liaison Faculty AGM in Prague. It is aimed at helping NHS clinicians getting published and understanding the pitfalls in publishing. Includes an analysis of productivity by medical colleagues in liaison psychiatry annoymised in this version) less
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