由国际知名医学期刊JAMA和BMJ发起和组织的国际同行评议大会每4年召开一次，其目标是提高同行评议和出版物的质量和信誉，促进生物医学信息传播的效率，效益和公平性。

第7次国际同行评议大会将于2013年9月8-10日在芝加哥举行，大会建议关注的论题如下： 

l        评审报告中的各类偏倚及消除对策

l        编辑和评审：决定与责任

－期刊和基金资助机构的同行评议和编辑的决策机制

－同行评议和编辑的决策：质量、有效性及实用性的评估

－评审人和编辑的质量保证

－编辑策略与责任

－编辑的独立性与诚信性

－基金申请书的同行评议

l        研究与出版道德

－研究人员、作者、评审人、编辑、出版者及资助者的伦理道德问题

－出版物的署名、贡献与责任

－利益冲突

－研究和出版中的行为不端

－保密

－关于研究和出版的资金资助与赞助的效果

－外部利益相关者的影响：资助者、办刊人、广告/赞助者、政策制订者、法定代表人、新闻媒体

l        提高评审报告质量的评估与机制

－有关科学出版的指南和标准的效果分析

－印本信息和在线信息的质量评估

－科学数据和图像的质量及可靠性

－在线补充内容的质量与使用

－新形式的科技论文的质量与效果

l        同行评议和科学出版物的模式

－在线出版

－开放存取

－开放评审

－数据共享和获取

－出版前的发布

－出版前的评议、交流及影响

－同行评议出版物的读者及使用的变化

－多媒体和新媒体形式科学信息的展示、增效、质量

－出版物计量和使用统计数据的质量、使用及影响

－受赞助增刊及相关媒介、灰色文献和其他形式的出版物的质量及影响力

－内容标记的质量及效果

－科学出版物的未来

l        科学信息的传播

－提高生物医学信息质量、效率、公平发布的方法

－影响生物医学信息质量、诚信、传播、获取的新技术

－社会网络和新媒体对科学批判和传播的影响

Seventh International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, September 2013 — Call for Research

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/7/726.full

Suggested research topics include the following:

Existence of every sort of bias and efforts to eliminate biased reporting

Editorial and peer review decision making and responsibilities

• 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
• Quality assurance for reviewers and editors
• Editorial policies and responsibilities
• Editorial freedom and integrity
• Peer review of grant proposals

Research and publication ethics

• Ethical concerns for researchers, authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, and funders
• Authorship, contributorship, and responsibility for published material
• Conflicts of interest
• Research and publication misconduct
• Confidentiality
• Effects of funding and sponsorship on research and publication
• Influence of external stakeholders: funders, journal owners, advertisers/sponsors, policy makers, legal representatives, and the news media

Evaluations of and mechanisms for improving the quality of reporting

• Effectiveness of guidelines and standards designed to improve the quality of scientific publication
• Evaluations of the quality of print and online information
• Quality and reliability of data presentation and scientific images
• Quality and use of online supplemental content
• Quality and effectiveness of new forms of scientific articles

Models for peer review and scientific publication

• Online publication
• Open access
• Open peer review
• Data sharing and access
• Prepublication posting and release of information
• Postpublication review, communications, and influence
• Changes in readership and usage of peer-reviewed published content
• Presentation, enhancement, and quality of scientific information in multimedia and new media
• Quality, use, and effects of publication metrics and usage statistics
• Quality and influence of sponsored supplements and related media, gray literature, and other forms of publication
• Quality and effectiveness of content tagging, markup, and structures
• The future of scientific publication

Dissemination of scientific and scholarly information

• 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 impact of social networking and new media on science critique and dissemination