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PaPaS News
2018 Impact Factor
We are proud to announce that the 2018 Impact Factor for PaPaS is 8.316. This is an increase on the 2017 Impact Factor which was 7.286. For more information please see here.
The 2018 Impact Factor for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is 7.755.
Top 10: most cited PaPaS reviews
This list reveals our ten most cited reviews contributing to the 2018 Impact Factor. In first place is Physical activity and exercise for chronic pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane reviews. Is your review on the list? Take a look here.
Top 10: most accessed PaPaS reviews
This list reveals our ten most accessed reviews in 2018. In first place is Physical activity and exercise for chronic pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane reviews, with over 10,000 full text downloads! Is your review on the list? Take a look here.
NIHR funding news
We are delighted to announce that the core NIHR infrastructure funding for PaPaS has been confirmed from April 2020 to March 2025.
Chronic pain in children: time for change
We have received a great response to our overview in the Pain journal (Volume 160, Issue 8, p. 1698-1707) on the efficacy of pharmacological interventions for children with chronic pain and cancer-related pain. See how widely it has been disseminated and take a look at our round up webpage here.
Twitter: awareness months and campaigns
Do you follow us on Twitter? We have recently helped to promote Migraine Awareness Week (#MAW2019) and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth) . Folllow us @CochranePaPaS and use our hashtag #painevidence to get involved.
Podcast: Side effects of opioid drugs when used to treat chronic non-cancer pain in the medium- or long-term
Now also available in Croatian.
Podcast: Cannabis products for adults with chronic neuropathic pain Now also available in Chinese.
Cochrane News
New Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
Available online, as an e-book and in print, and revised from cover to cover since the last major update in 2008. For more information about this updated publication please see here or read an Editorial from the Editors of the new edition here. We're very much looking forward to receiving our new copy in the PaPaS offices!
Task Exchange
Have you used Task Exchange? Cochrane's platform enabling you to connect with the global health community to get your work done more quickly.
Watch a video here to find out about recent updates and how you can get involved.
Cochrane Colloquium
This year's Colloquium will take place 22-25 October in Santiago, Chile, with the theme 'Embracing diversity'. The full scientific program is available here. If you aren't attending why not follow all of the action on twitter #CochraneSantiago.
Overview of Cochrane's eight Review Group Networks
PaPaS is part of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal, Oral, Skin and Sensory (MOSS) Network. See here for short films introducing all eight Networks, what has happened so far, and the ambitions for what is to come.
New Network Support Fellow
We are delighted to announce that Roses Parker is the new Network Support Fellow for the Cochrane Musculoskeletal, Oral, Skin and Sensory (MOSS) Network. We look forward to working with Roses in the future. To find out more about Roses, see here.
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