How do we produce the monthly collection of plain-language research reviews for speech–language pathologists? Learn more below.
Scouts
Search the science
We search hundreds of journals each month, reading an average of 3k abstracts, and narrow that down to what might be relevant for SLPs.
Writers
Read the science, then write up what’s useful
From stacks of around 200–400 journal articles monthly, each writer reads 10–20 papers. They then write up (or review) any research that will be clinically actionable for SLPs.
Topic Area Experts
Ensure accuracy
We consult with topic area experts (usually internal, sometimes external) to ensure the accuracy of the writer’s work.
Editors
Ensure quality
Editors help the writers make sure their reviews are straightforward and easy-to-read.
Scientists
Confirm accuracy of our work
Editors contact the original journal article authors, so that they can provide input and help ensure that we’re accurately reporting their research.
Voice artists
Record audio
All written reviews are recorded by our audio staff so that you can listen to reviews on the go.
Cartoonists
Create research art
Staff artists create cartoons to help make reviews memorable or easier to understand.
Editors
Create supplemental resources
We want implementation to be as easy as possible. So when there’s opportunities to create charts, calculators, or printable resources for you, we do it!
You
Know what works!
We publish the reviews, and you get to stay up-to-date on the evidence, without the stress.
Search the science
We search hundreds of journals each month, reading an average of 3k abstracts, and narrow that down to what might be relevant for SLPs.
Write research reviews
From stacks of around 200–400 journal articles monthly, each writer reads 10–20 papers. They then write up (or review) any research that will be clinically actionable for SLPs.
Ensure accuracy
We consult with topic area experts (usually internal, sometimes external) to ensure the accuracy of the writer’s work.
Ensure quality
Editors help the writers make sure their reviews are straightforward and easy-to-read.
Confirm accuracy of our work
Editors contact the original journal article authors, so that they can provide input and help ensure that we’re accurately reporting their research.
Record audio
All written reviews are recorded by our audio staff so that you can listen to reviews on the go.
Create research art
Staff artists create cartoons to help make reviews memorable or easier to understand.
Create supplemental resources
We want implementation to be as easy as possible. So when there’s opportunities to create charts, calculators, or printable resources for you, we do it!
Know what works!
We publish the reviews, and you get to stay up-to-date on the evidence, without the stress.
Journal articles communicate the science; we translate these articles for clinical practice. Because SLPs and scientists need different content, organized in different ways. Here’s how we organize our content:
Review/Brief
Perspective/Tutorial
Ask TISLP
Editorial
We don’t just read some of the science; we read all of the science that’s relevant to speech–language pathologists.
The following journals are scouted monthly by our team:
Acta Paediatrica
Activities, Adaptation, and Aging
Advances in Neonatal care
AERA Open
Age and Ageing
Aging and Mental Health
Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
ALTER – European Journal of Disability Research
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders
Alzheimer's and Dementia
American Annals of the Deaf
American Educational Research Journal
American Journal of Gastroenterology
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
American Journal of Occupational Therapy
American Journal of Otolaryngology
American Journal of Perinatology
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Journal of Speech Language Pathology
American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
American Sociological Review
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Annals of Dyslexia
Annals of Long-Term Care
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Annual Review of Psychology
Aphasiology
Appetite
Applied Linguistics
Applied Psycholinguistics
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assessment for Effective Intervention
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Auris Nasus Larynx
Australian Journal of Education
Autism
Autism and Developmental Language Impairments
Autism Research
All journals were added to our list via one or more of the following methods:
So do you review ALL the articles published in each of these journals, every month?
Once TISLP points me toward an article I should read, how do I get the full-text article?
The reviews describe original research. How do I know that the research is interpreted correctly? What are your quality control procedures?
What if I have questions or input regarding your procedures?
Our research scouting process is data-driven:
Why do you need my billing address?
Our records indicate your billing address is not on file, and we need this for tax purposes. We will not use your address for anything other than tax record keeping. Please email communications@theinformedslp.com if you have any questions.