Planning for the next pandemic: what The BMJ’s research team learnt from covid-19

Pandemic reflection is in the air as we pass the three year anniversary of the global shutdown in response to the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2. Governments, hospitals, funders, and other institutions will have their own reckonings and plans for future pandemics, but what about medical journals? What did the research team at The BMJ learn from covid, and how should we best plan for future outbreaks and other shocks, given that it’s just a matter of time?One lesson is that we must be prepared for a big increase in the number of research submissions, and pressure to publish them quickly. Research submissions to The BMJ more than doubled, a deluge that was unexpected and challenging. The BMJ already had research editors around the world, including China, and held meetings virtually, so the switch to videoconferencing that befuddled others was not a problem for us. Many of our research editors…
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