Collaboration is where most worthwhile research begins. We take part in multidisciplinary partnerships that advance knowledge and address problems in global health and in society more widely, through a network of researchers, institutions and subject specialists.
Our collaborative work spans molecular biology and infectious disease through to digital health and data science, and we welcome partnerships with universities, research institutes, hospitals, non-governmental organisations and industry.
To be clear about what this is not: we do not write grant proposals or manuscripts as a paid service, we do not offer authorship as a term of partnership, and we have no laboratory facilities of our own. Authorship on any collaborative work follows the ICMJE criteria and is earned by contribution.
Write to us with a short outline: the question, who is involved, what stage it is at, and what you are looking for from a partner. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right collaborator.
Being a research partner of ours gives no advantage at any of our journals. Where we collaborate on work that is later submitted to a journal we publish, the manuscript is handled by an editor with no involvement in the project, the conflict of interest is declared in the published article, and anyone connected with the work takes no part in the decision.
Where that separation cannot be achieved, we will say so and ask you to submit elsewhere.
Authorship on collaborative work follows the ICMJE criteria, agreed in writing at the start of a project rather than argued about at the end. Being a partner does not by itself earn anyone a place on the author list.
