To gather information about current practices and implementation of publication guidelines among publication professionals working in or for the pharmaceutical industry.
The funders had no involvement or input into the study design, implementation, analysis, or decision to submit for publication.
The Medical Authors of this paper received consultancy payments from Genentech for their time spent on questionnaire and project design, project implementation and data analysis in preparation for publication.
Findings will be disseminated to participants, relevant UK organisations with responsibility for the implementation of immunisation policy and Traveller health/welfare; and submitted for publication in academic journals.
No external source of funding played a role in the study design, implementation, analysis, manuscript preparation, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
HK: initiation of the study, design, implementation, analysis and write-up as well as prepared the manuscript for publication.
Dissemination will include a final report to the funder with a lay summary for publication, peer-reviewed journal articles and NHS-targeted summaries and implementation support material.
All authors participated in the design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation of the study; the writing of the report; and the decision to submit for publication.
All authors participated in the design or implementation, analysis and interpretation of the study, the writing of the report and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
The implementation of the theoretical ideas presented here is a work in progress and a concrete proposal is not yet ready for publication.
