Publish or we are all damned: The effect of COVID on journal publications with John McConnell of the Lancet

In this episode from the 2021 ICPIC Conference, Martin Kiernan talks to John McConnell, Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet Infectious Diseases about his keynote yesterday about the impact (and vice-versa) of the COVID pandemic on publishing both in peer-reviewed journals and in pre-print forms.

An enormous increase in the number of submissions and diversification in countries submitting are amongst the areas that we discuss. Ultimately, the research and publication process has been critical in the dissemination of the most useful data that have shaped interventions and treatments.