Establishing an Affiliated Group

Entity Legal Agreement

New Entity Administration

For detailed procedures on the administrative set up of your Affiliated Group please refer to the JBC JBIC Collaborating Entity Staff Administration Policy. Below is an overview of the required steps.

JBI

Email

The Group Convenor will be added to the JBC Affiliated Group JBIC email list and relevant JBC JBIC Regional Group email list (i.e. Africa, Asia etc.). The Convenor and Deputy will also to receive all JBI/JBC JBIC correspondence including a monthly newsletter, JBI Buzz. Any other queries relating to the Collaboration can be sent to the Global Engagement Office email: jbc@adelaidejbic@adelaide.edu.au

Setting up access to JBI resources 

Collaborating Entities may nominate up to a maximum of 10 (ten) Core staff to receive Special User Access to JBI Tools and Resources via the JBI COnNECT+ platformEBP Database, JBI Journals and JBI Software.

To set up access for

Entity staff the Convenor is required to complete the 

JBIC Entity Administration Form and return to the Global Engagement Office for processing

- jbic@adelaide.edu.au. 

Group Webpage

Your Group will be allocated an independent web page with a unique URL on the Joanna Briggs Institute JBI Global website (httphttps://joannabriggs.org/jbc.html). Login details will be emailed to the Group Convenor following the signing of the Collaborating Entity Legal Agreement. It is the responsibility of each Entity to ensure that their web page is up to date.

Meetings

The JBC Committee of Directors (CoD) meet jbi.global).  Please advise JBIC via email (jbic@adelaide.edu.au) of any changes to your entity via the JBIC Entity Administration Form as soon as practically possible.  The Global Engagement Office will updated these changes on the webpage and you will be informed once completed

Meetings

The JBIC Meetings are held twice per year, once by teleconference online (around April) and once face-to-face or online (Oct-Nov), alternating biennially between the .  Every four years Adelaide, Australia hosts the business meeting and the location of at the biennial JBI Colloquium. Centre of Excellence Directors, or their nominated proxy, are encouraged to attend all CoD meetings JBIC Meetings and biennial Colloquia in full. Affiliated Groups are invited to attend all Committee of Directors meetings as ObserversJBIC Meetings, including the face-to-face meeting. For  For more information please refer to the Joanna Briggs JBI Collaboration Handbook.

JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (JBISRIR)

JBI Evidence Synthesis  & JBI Evidence Implementation

JBI Evidence Synthesis  is a refereed, online journal that publishes systematic review protocols and systematic reviews of health care research following the JBI methodology, and implementation reports that .

JBI Evidence Implementation publishes implementation case studies that present the findings of projects that seek to implement the best available evidence into practice.

All systematic review protocols and full reviews are to be submitted online via the

JBI Evidence Synthesis Editorial Manager (ensure all staff have updated their profile on Editorial Manager).

Prior to submission authors must refer to

the JBI Evidence Synthesis Author Information.

NOTE: Ensure that the corresponding Author includes the JBIC Entity name in full (including addendum) as one of the Author Affiliations.

Peer Reviewers 

Convenors should advise the Global Engagement Office of those Core/Adjunct Staff members that have both completed JBI CSRTP and are confident/capable of conducting Peer Review of a Systematic Review or Implementation Report. The GEO Administration Officer will enter those staff members into the JBISRIR submission database, Editorial Manager, as a Peer Reviewer and this will automatically generate an email with their login details. Each staff member needs to complete the registration process by logging into Editorial Manager via the link in their individual email and update their personal information.  Your Group would be eligible to accrue points for any Peer Review conducted by Group staff. For further information on this JBC Matrix Activity please refer to the Joanna Briggs Collaboration Handbook.

Please ensure that each Peer Reviewer lists your full Group name in their Editorial Manager profile under the ‘Institution’ fieldWhen completing the JBIC Entity Administration Form it allows for the Convenor to indicate if their Entity staff are willing to peer review for JBI Evidence Synthesis. The JBI Evidence Synthesis Administration Officer will then contact your team directly.

Please ensure that each Peer Reviewer lists your full Group name in their Editorial Manager profile under the ‘Institution’ field:

1) If you do not have an account in Editorial Manager, please register your details, otherwise please login as a reviewer. Registering and login in can both be accessed via this link: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jbies/mainpage.html

2) At the top of the screen click 'Update My Information'.

3) Scroll down halfway until you get to the box titled 'Institution Related Information'. Please enter your full Entity name in the 'Institution' field and ensure that you also check the 'Yes' radio icon next to 'Available as a Reviewer'. Please ensure that you enter your full Centre of Excellence or Affiliated Group name. i.e. The Centre for Chronic Disease Management: A JBI Centre of Excellence

4) Scroll down and ensure that you click 'SUBMIT' at the bottom of the page.

If a reviewer’s Centre/Group Affiliation is not correctly listed under ‘Institution’ in their Editorial Manager reviewer profile, it will not be captured when we run a report to identify peer review points accrual for Centres/Groups. 

JBISRIR Subscription

The Group Convenor will receive a complimentary subscription to the JBISRIR for the term of the Group Legal Agreement. The Global Engagement Administration Officer will facilitate this.

JBISRIR Editorial Office

If you have any questions regarding systematic reviews and protocols or peer review please contact the JBISRIR Editorial Office. 

Forms

Collaborating Entities may nominate up to a maximum of 10 (ten) Core staff to receive Special User Access to JBI Tools and Resources via the JBI COnNECT+ platform.