Elizabeth (Liz) Wager is the author of books on 'Getting Research Published: An A to Z of Publication Strategy' and 'How to Survive Peer Review'. She is a co-author of 'Good Publication Practice for Pharmaceutical Companies' and the European Medical Writers Association guidelines on the role of medical writers. After obtaining a First Class zoology degree from Oxford in 1983 she worked for Blackwell Scientific Publications, Janssen-Cilag then Glaxo-Wellcome. In 2001, she set up her own company, Sideview, which provides training, writing, editing and publication consultancy services. She is a member of: the BMJ’s Ethics Committee, the World Association of Medical Editors Ethics Committee, the Council of the Committee on Publication Ethics, the editorial board of European Science Editing (the journal of the European Association of Science Editors) and the World Health Organization Scientific Advisory Group on trial registration.