Gerhard Bühringer12.12.2006

ISAJE Organisation and Programme 2007 - 2008

I.Responsibilities at Board Level

  1. Public relations
  2. Data base systemsGerhard Bühringer
  3. Institutional contacts (NIDA, NIAAA, EU, EMCDDA)Gerhard Bühringer

Ian Stolerman

1.3.Open accessTom McGovern

(+ Peter Miller [UK] + David Anderson)

1.4.Website PARINT (NIDA/NIAAA)Ian Stolerman (until September 2007)

1.5.Website ISAJESusan Savva

Gerhard Bühringer

1.6.Young Scholars PrizeIsidore Obot,

Susan Savva (+ Ian Stolerman)

  1. Member issues
  2. AdministrationSusan Savva
  3. RecruitmentSusan Savva

Thomas F. McGovern

  1. Meetings

2007Susan Savva,

Sarah Forberger

Gerhard Bühringer

2008Susan Savva

Debbie Talamini

Tom Babor

2009Flavio Poldrugo

  1. Member services
  2. Quality guidelinesTom McGovern
  3. Quality controlRichard Pates
  4. Quality improvementBetsy Thom
  5. Reviewers´ data base Isidore Obot

IIWork programme

1.Progress in Quality Assurance

1.1Quality guidelines(Tom McGovern)

Existing Activities/Papers

  • Farmington Consensus
  • Ethical Guidelines
  • Minimal Requirements for Non-English Language Addiction Specialty Journals
  • Publishing Addiction Science, 1st Ed.
  • Data base and indexing systems paper

Questions

  • Are any amendments/further guidelines needed for major stakeholders in addiction journal publishing: Publishers, editors, authors, referees?

Work Programme

  • Prepare a paper on possible further activities for the Board : 28.02.2007
  • Board discussion and approval of possible future action: 12.03.2007
  • First outline/draft for discussion: 15.07.2007
  • Board discussion: 23.07.2007
  • Members discussion: 09.2007(Dresden meeting)
  • Possible future action 2008

1.2Quality control(Richard Pates)

Existing Activities/Papers

Currently no ISAJE activities/papers

Questions

  • Should ISAJE engage in quality control activities, e. g. auditing of ISAJE admission criteria, interim audits about meeting quality guidelines?
  • Would a positive audit (certificate) support member journals seeking inclusion in journal data base /indexing systems?
  • What topics would be covered by such an audit system? Procedures?

Work programme

  • Prepare a paper on advantages and disadvantages

and possible actions: 02.2007

  • Discussions with data base systems (Bühringer): 28.02.2007
  • Board discussion: 12.03.2007/14.05.2007
  • Members discussion: 09.2007 (Dresden meeting)
  • Possible future action 2008

1.3 Quality improvement(Betsy Thom)

Existing Activities/Papers

  • ISAJE workshop for authors
  • PowerPoint files for author training

Questions

  • Any amendments/additional activities/offers needed for publishers, editors, authors, referees?

Work programme

  • Prepare a proposal for further activities: 28.02.2007
  • Board discussion and approval of possible future action: 12.03.2007
  • First outline/draft of future activities: 15.07.2007
  • Board discussion: 23.07.2007
  • Members discussion: 09.2007 (Dresden meeting)
  • Possible future action 2008

1.4Existing work groups for 1.1 – 1.3

  • Update PAS 2 (Tom Babor)
  • Quality assurance I:publisher, editors (Phil Lange)
  • Quality assurance II: authors, referees (Robert Balster, Peter Miller [US]

2.Further activities

2.1Access and disseminationof information (Robert West, Gerhard Bühringer)

(further details on scope and purpose of this

workgroup will be decided by 02.2007)

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