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Current opinions in organ allocation
Author(s) -
Marie Achille,
Gaurav Agarwal,
Martin Albert,
Cristiano Amarelli,
David A. Baran,
Christopher D. Blosser,
Kim Brown,
John Bucuvalas,
Catherine R. Butler,
Juan Carlos Caicedo,
Tim Caulfield,
Linda C. Cendales,
Steve Chadban,
Matthew Cooper,
Pranav Dalal,
Gabriel M. Danovitch,
Rowena Delos Santos,
Ryan A. Denu,
Deepika Devuni,
David P. Foley,
Richard N. Formica,
John Forsythe,
Marie Fortin,
Bethany J. Foster,
Kevin Fowler,
John Friedewald,
Barry Friedman,
Sommer E. Gentry,
John S. Gill,
Jagbir Gill,
Alexandra K. Glazier,
David S. Goldberg,
Justyna Gołębiewska,
Elisa J. Gordon,
Melissa A. Greenwald,
James A. Gross,
Karim J. Halazun,
Laura Hammel,
Rebecca A. Hays,
Julie K. Heimbach,
Benjamin Hippen,
Evelyn Hsu,
Shahid Husain,
Caroline C. Jadlowiec,
Anthony M. Jevnikar,
Gaganpreet Jhajj,
Maryl R. Johnson,
Malek Kamoun,
Siddhartha G. Kapnadak,
Seth J. Karp,
Liise K. Kayler,
Kiran K. Khush,
Milan Kinkhabwala,
Sanjay Kulkarni,
Vivek Kute,
Allison J. Kwong,
Glenn M. La Muraglia,
Jennifer C. Lai,
Jacob Lavee,
Krista L. Lentine,
Josh Levitsky,
Raymond Lynch,
Mitra MahdaviMazdeh,
Anna Malles,
Magnus Jayaraj Mansard,
Amit Mathur,
Caitríona M. McEvoy,
Christine McIntosh,
Elmi Muller,
Michael S. Mulvihill,
K A Newell,
Jackie Ogdon,
Jeffrey P. Orlowski,
Sandesh Parajuli,
Jignesh Patel,
Rachel E. Patzer,
Margarita Peradejordi,
Axel Rahmel,
Leo Riella,
Garrett R. Roll,
Suzanne Ruff,
Undine Samuel,
Deirdre Sawinski,
Randolph Schaffer,
Lana Schmidt,
Jesse D. Schold,
Ashton A. Shaffer,
Ronit Shah,
Pratima Sharma,
Saed Shawar,
Amany Sholkamy,
Jon J. Snyder,
Kim Solez,
Rebecca A. Sosa,
Josef Stehlik,
Stuart C. Sweet,
Timuçin Taner,
Alvin G. Thomas,
Darin Treleaven,
Angela C Webster,
Shawn C. West,
Scott G. Westphal,
David M. White,
Piotr Witkowski,
David Wojciechowski,
E. Steve Woodle,
Julie M. Yabu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.15094
Subject(s) - organ donation , medicine , stakeholder , public relations , section (typography) , stakeholder engagement , transplantation , operations research , engineering ethics , political science , computer science , surgery , engineering , operating system
Existing methods of academic publication provide limited opportunity to obtain stakeholder input on issues of broad interest. This article reports the results of an experiment to produce a collaborative, crowdsourced article examining a current controversial issue in transplant medicine (hereby referred to as the “C4 Article”). The editorial team as a whole selected the topic of organ allocation, then divided into six sections, each supported by an individual editorial team. Widely promoted by the American Journal of Transplantation , the C4 Article was open for public comment for 1 month. The nonblinded editorial teams reviewed the contributions daily and interacted with contributors in near–real time to clarify and expand on the content received. Draft summaries of each section were posted and subsequently revised as new contributions were received. One hundred ninety‐four individuals viewed the manuscript, and 107 individuals contributed to the manuscript during the submission period. The article engaged the international transplant community in producing a contemporary delineation of issues of agreement and controversy related to organ allocation and identified opportunities for new policy development. This initial experience successfully demonstrated the potential of a crowdsourced academic manuscript to advance a broad‐based understanding of a complex issue.