1. Establishment of SWOG Publications Committee
MISSION: “…to assist in overseeing SWOG publications and presentations…”.
Consistent with other NCTN groups, permanent establishment of a Publications Committee recommended by BOG in 2015
Liaison with NCTN Intergroup Publications Authorship Policy Working Group
December 2015: Dr. Hagen Kennecke appointed as Publications Committee Chair
2016: Appointment of Committee and development of TOR

2. SWOG Publications Committee Members (appointed in February, 2016 for term 2016-2018)
Hagen Kennecke, MD, SWOG Publications Committee Chair; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Virginia Mason Cancer Institute.
Amy Geschwender, PhD, SWOG Patient Advocate Committee; LI-COR Biosciences, and American Cancer Society]
Julie R. Gralow, MD, SWOG Executive Officer; Professor, University of Washington; Director, Breast Medical Oncology, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD, Chair, SWOG Myeloma Committee; Professor, Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
N. Lynn Henry, MD, PhD, Co-Chair, SWOG Symptom Control & Quality of Life Committee; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Utah; Director, Breast Medical Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute
James M. Rae, Ph.D., SWOG Executive Officer; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Michigan
Joseph M. Unger, PhD, Biostatistician, SWOG Statistical Center; Assistant Member, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Nathan Eriksen, SWOG Chief of Administration
Patricia Arlauskas, SWOG Publications Coordinator

3. Proposed revisions for ratification include:
Progress of Committee: Major Recommended Changes to Procedural Guidelines for SWOG Publications (Policy #24)
Proposed revisions for ratification include:
Revised formula for accrual authorship: 5% 15% 25%
Author selection guidelines expanded to include secondary endpoints, translational medicine and dataset analyses papers
New term limits for disease/discipline committee chairs as relates to senior authorship
Inclusion of disease committee vice chair, organ site or subcommittee co-chair in authorship at discretion of disease/discipline committee chair

4. Major Recommended Changes– cont.
At recommendation of disease site/discipline chairs, ability to include additional authors from the other participating cooperative groups in SWOG-led study publications
Senior NCORP author placement will be determined by the co-chair with the proportionately larger role/contribution to the study
Dual/equal contribution authorship sequence to be determined by disease/discipline committee chair
Posthumous recognition of investigators addressed
Procedure for crediting editorials authored by SWOG investigators
Procedure for adjudication of exceptions to policy guidelines
Mandatory use of new SWOG/NCI logos in scientific meeting oral/poster presentations

5. Upcoming Work:
Integrate awaited NCTN Intergroup Publications Authorship Policy Working Group recommendations.
Including “Study Champions” as additional authors

6. SWOG Publications 2012-2017 YTD
Manuscripts Abstracts/Presentations Total
2017 (YTD 9/8/17)
Total