There are no fees associated with becoming an Affiliated Group. In return for your agreement to meet certain KPIs over the course of your five-year agreement (namely the publication of three systematic reviews or implementation reports in the JBI Database of Systematic reviews and Implementation Reportscase studies in JBI Evidence Synthesis  / JBI Evidence Implementation - JBI’s Journal) We we provide complimentary access to JBI’s full suite of tools and resources for the Group Convenor and up to 10 core staff members. 

All of the terms and conditions associated with membership are detailed in the Joanna Briggs the JBI Collaboration Handbook.

A minimum of three people

that have completed JBI CSRTP

Yes- only three people are or EITP are required to start an Affiliated Group as the core team. However, It it is advisable that you recruit others, even students, to collaborate with as you grow to meet the KPIs of being an Affiliated Group.

Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a unit that indicates the workload of an employed person in a way that makes workloads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to measure an employee’s involvement in a project or activity. An FTE of 1.0 is equivalent to a full-time worker while an FTE of 0.5 signals half of a full work load. This concept is used to convert the hours worked by several part-time employees into the hours worked by full-time employees. JBI asks prospective Groups to project the FTE capacity of their Core Staff members to ensure that a prospective Group as has adequate human resource, and support within their host institution, to undertake JBI activity.

As an Affiliated Group you Groups are only expected to focus on Core Activities within the JBC Activity Matrix. The KPIs for maintaining Affiliated Group membership include at least three JBI Systematic Reviews or Implementation Reports accepted for publication in the JBISIR by the end of your 5-year Collaborating Entity Legal Agreement (as detailed in the Joanna Briggs Collaboration Handbook.)

Affiliated Groups are welcome to conduct Elective activities, particularly if they wish to progress to becoming a Centre of Excellence, however it is not mandatory.

required to accrue a minimum of 40,000 points from activities within the JBIC Activity Matrix (refer to the JBI Collaboration Handbook), by the completion of their Legal Agreement with JBI. Affiliated Groups may accrue points across the full range of activities outlined in the Matrix without restriction.

Any Systematic Reviews or Implementation Case Studies that are accepted for publication prior to the Effective Start Date of your Collaborating Entity Legal Agreement will unfortunately not be counted as output for your Group, as this is outside the scope of a signed Agreement. However, any reviews that have been submitted to the JBISRIR to  JBI Evidence Synthesis and/or JBI Evidence Implementation but are still being processed/reviewed/re-submitted etc. will be eligible to be counted towards your Entity as long as the acceptance date of the Systematic Review is after the Effective Start Date of your Collaborating Entity Legal Agreement.  

Yes, in order to receive points for a JBI Systematic Review or Implementation Report Case Study published in the JBISRIR JBI Evidence Synthesis and/or JBI Evidence Implementation OR another peer-reviewed journal, you must include your full Entity name as an author affiliation, including the JBI addendum i.e. 'The Centre for Chronic Disease Management: A Joanna Briggs Institute JBI Affiliated Group'.

Without this author affiliation, your Group will not be eligible to receive points under the JBC for any of the publication-related activities within the JBIC Activity Matrix. For further information on JBC and guidelines for relevant JBIC Matrix activities, please refer to the Joanna Briggs the JBI Collaboration Handbook.

JBI Evidence Implementation currently accepts any manuscript detailing an evidence implementation project, or encompassing evidence implementation as a science. This can include investigate the feasibility, applicability, meaningfulness and effectiveness in health care delivery and practice.

Below is a link to the current JBI Evidence Implementation Author Guidelines 

The JBI EBP Database Journal Collection and Software Suite available via JBI's Commercial Partner OvidSP (Wolters Kluwer Health) covers a wide range of medical, nursing, and health science specialties and includes a unique suite of information that’s been analysed, appraised, and prepared by expert reviewers at JBI so that health professionals can integrate the world’s best available evidence into practice. The complete evidence-based practice content suite includes:

• Evidence Summaries 

• Evidence–based Recommended Practices 

• Best Practice Information Sheets

• JBI EBP

  Tools

  Software (SUMARI & PACES)

JBI Affiliated Groups receive access to the above tools and resources via special user access to JBI's CONnECT+ platformOvid. See Collaborating Entity Access to JBI EBP Resources.