--- title: JMIR Publications Blog | Early Career Researcher description: Early Career Researcher | Blog posts, white papers and rich media content dedicated to researchers, authors, librarians, institutions, funders in academic and scholarly publishing --- [![JMIR-Publications\_logo\_2020\_blue](https://blog.jmir.org/hs-fs/hubfs/00%20Marketing/Logos/JMIR-Publications_logo_2020_blue.png?width=550&height=109&name=JMIR-Publications_logo_2020_blue.png "JMIR-Publications_logo_2020_blue")](http://www.jmirpublications.com) Open main menu Close main menu # JMIR Publications # Newsroom Select Category Aging Artificial Intelligence Digital Psychiatry Early Career Researcher Events Industry News JMIR News Libraries Open Access Peer Review Research News Women in Science Posts about: ## Early Career Researcher ![What SODP's Learning Collaborative Revealed, and Why the Field Needs to Keep Going](https://blog.jmir.org/hubfs/SODP%20-%20Kathryn%20Ledley%20and%20Mason%20Granof.png) [Early Career Researcher,](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/early-career-researcher) [Artificial Intelligence,](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/artificial-intelligence) [Digital Psychiatry](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/digital-psychiatry) ### [What SODP's Learning Collaborative Revealed, and Why the Field Needs to Keep Going](https://blog.jmir.org/what-sodps-learning-collaborative-revealed-and-why-the-field-needs-to-keep-going) 4 August 2026 11:39 a.m. This past June, the [Society of Digital Psychiatry (SODP)](https://www.sodpsych.com/) and the [Division of Digital Psychiatry](https://digitalpsych.org/) ran a four-week learning collaborative on recognizing, documenting, and responding to patient AI use.   ![Kathryn Taylor Ledley, BA & Mason Granof, BA](https://blog.jmir.org/hs-fs/hubfs/SODP%20Profile%20Photos.png?width=45&name=SODP%20Profile%20Photos.png) [Kathryn Taylor Ledley, BA & Mason Granof, BA](https://blog.jmir.org/author/kathryn-ledley-and-mason-granof) [Read More](https://blog.jmir.org/what-sodps-learning-collaborative-revealed-and-why-the-field-needs-to-keep-going) ![5 Publishing Roadblocks (and How to Fix Them) featuring a picture of Jane Kelly](https://blog.jmir.org/hubfs/2026%20withdrawal%20data%20blog%20(3).png) [Peer Review,](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/peer-review) [Early Career Researcher](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/early-career-researcher) ### [5 Publishing Roadblocks (and How to Fix Them)](https://blog.jmir.org/dont-press-withdraw-5-ways-to-navigate-the-peer-review-journey-with-jmir) 24 July 2026 9:45 a.m. Struggling with a tough submission? Before you withdraw your manuscript and set your publishing timeline back by six months, let’s find a solution together. At JMIR Publications, we have built-in pathways to solve your biggest publishing roadblocks: we offer flexible funding alternatives (like our low-cost JMIRx journals), fast-track reviews to meet urgent career deadlines, editor-mediated support to help you appeal harsh reviewer comments, seamless sister-journal transfers to preserve your peer-review progress, and straightforward ways to correct post-submission data errors. ![Jane Kelly, Integrated Marketing Manager](https://blog.jmir.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-07-20%20at%205.08.33%20PM.png?width=45&name=Screenshot%202026-07-20%20at%205.08.33%20PM.png) [Jane Kelly, Integrated Marketing Manager](https://blog.jmir.org/author/jane-kelly) [Read More](https://blog.jmir.org/dont-press-withdraw-5-ways-to-navigate-the-peer-review-journey-with-jmir) ![Blog header featuring Tiffany Leung Teaching High-Quality Meta-Analyses at MIE 2026](https://blog.jmir.org/hubfs/Tiffany%20MIE%20blog%202026.png) [Events,](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/events) [Early Career Researcher,](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/early-career-researcher) [Artificial Intelligence](https://blog.jmir.org/tag/artificial-intelligence) ### [Rigorous Yet Rapid: Teaching High-Quality Meta-Analyses at MIE 2026](https://blog.jmir.org/rigorous-yet-rapid-teaching-high-quality-meta-analyses-at-mie-2026) 13 July 2026 10:00 a.m. Public health emergencies demand synthesized evidence rapidly. During COVID-19, Ebola outbreaks, and other crises, researchers face pressure to produce guidance within the first week hours, for example, to prevent further spread of infections in the community. Meanwhile, traditional systematic reviews require 6 to 18 months to complete. This temporal mismatch creates an evidence vacuum that decision-makers often fill with preliminary findings or incomplete data. ![Tiffany I. Leung, MD, MPH, FACP, FAMIA, FEFIM](https://blog.jmir.org/hs-fs/hubfs/2026%20Peer%20review%20week%20Blog%20header.png?width=45&name=2026%20Peer%20review%20week%20Blog%20header.png) [Tiffany I. Leung, MD, MPH, FACP, FAMIA, FEFIM](https://blog.jmir.org/author/tiffany-i-leung-md-mph-facp-famia-fefim) [Read More](https://blog.jmir.org/rigorous-yet-rapid-teaching-high-quality-meta-analyses-at-mie-2026) © 2026 JMIR Publications