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THE WEEK BEFORE PUBLICATION

Each week, the issue is under embargo until 5 PM Eastern time on the Wednesday night prior to the Thursday publication date. Our media subscribers receive access the previous Friday at 10 AM ET, after which time authors may speak to reporters. Reporters have agreed not to publish or broadcast until after the embargo lifts at 5 PM ET the following Wednesday but may use the intervening days to prepare their reports. Example: If an article is to be printed on Thursday, July 8, an author may speak to a reporter about the work after 10 AM ET July 2, but the news report is not to be published or broadcast until 5 PM ET Wednesday, July 7.

NEJM does not issue press releases or video news releases to its media subscribers, but we do provide information on how to reach the authors.

Authors have the option of sending media calls through their institutional press office. An institutional press office may issue an embargoed press release, but we ask that this is not done until after we have supplied the content to the media under embargo. The sender of the press release is responsible for enforcing the embargo with the recipients.

If a member of the media wishes to reprint tables and/or figures from an article, please direct the request to NEJM Media Relations for permission.

PRIOR TO THE WEEK BEFORE PUBLICATION

Authors are expected to refrain from discussing their research with reporters prior to the Friday before publication.

The only exception is if an author presents research at a medical meeting. Responding to media inquiries at the meeting, or during the week following the meeting, will not jeopardize publication. We ask that authors follow these guidelines:

• Please do not discuss the fact that the research has been submitted or accepted for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine.
• Please do not distribute any copies of the manuscript, tables, or figures. (It is acceptable to use the materials in a presentation, but they should not be distributed.)

Meeting organizers may promote an author’s presentation in a press release, plan a press conference, publish the abstract in a meeting proceedings, and/or post the presentation on their Web site. We ask that authors, their institutions, and other organizations sponsoring the research not do any further promotion of the presentation.

Posting a recording of an oral presentation at a medical meeting on the meeting organizer’s web site, with selected slides from the presentation, will not be considered prior publication. This will allow students and physicians who are unable to attend the meeting to hear the presentation and view the slides.

Submission of safety data to a government oversight board prior to submission or publication will not preclude publication. Authors should inform the editors when this is done.

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