Virginia Barbour

About

Editor-in-Chief, Medical Journal of Australia
Adjunct Professor, QUT
Co-Chair DORA

Previously:
Office for Scholarly Communication, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Director, Open Access Australasia (previously Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, AOASG)
Also see https://theconversation.com/profiles/virginia-barbour-170992

One of three founding editors of PLOS Medicine.
Chair, COPE 2012-2017

Employment

• Medical Journal of Australia Editor-in-Chief
  2023 - Present
• Queensland University of Technology Adjunct Professor
  2023 - Present
• Queensland University of Technology Co-Lead
  2019 - 2022
• Open Access Australasia (Previously Australasian Open Access Strategy Group) Director
  2015 - 2024
• Queensland University of Technology Professor - I day per week
  2015 - 2019
• PLOS Medicine and Biology Editorial Director, PLOS
  2004 - 2015
• Lancet Executive Editor
  1999 - 2004

Education

• University of Oxford DPhil
• University of Cambridge MA (Cantab)
• University of Cambridge MB BChir

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (283)

• INSPECT-SR tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials
  BMJ 2026 DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2026-100611
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• From interdependent movements to shared action: Connecting publishing and assessment reforms
  ASAPbio, DORA, International Science Council, CWTS Leiden University 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22133868
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• INSPECT-SR Guidance
  Zenodo 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21908737
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• TOP 2025: An update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines
  Research Integrity and Peer Review 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s41073-026-00223-0
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• Seven Vessel Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Concurrent Transient Global Amnesia After an Emotional Trigger
  Medical Journal of Australia 2026 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.70258
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• Um Guia Prático para Implementar a Avaliação Responsável de Pesquisa em Organizações Financiadoras de Pesquisa
  DORA 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21329687
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• Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency
  Kamran Ali Abbasi, Parveen Azam Ali, Virginia Barbour +11 more
  Climate and Development 2026 DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2023.2276492
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• 責任ある研究評価へ向けた 研究機関向け実践ガイド
  Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20518298
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• TOP 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines
  2026 DOI: 10.31222/osf.io/nmfs6_v4
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• TOP 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines
  2026 DOI: 10.31222/osf.io/nmfs6_v3
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  Pediatric Research 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04178-8
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  Global Health Action 2025 DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2492465
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• Um Guia Prático para Implementar uma Avaliação Responsável da Pesquisa em Organizações Realizadoras de Pesquisa
  Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) 2025 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17783097
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  Internal and Emergency Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-025-04075-2
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  British Journal of Cancer 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-025-03067-5
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  Supportive Care in Cancer 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-025-09569-5
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  Medical Journal of Australia 2025 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.52676
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  Geriatrics Gerontology and Aging 2025 DOI: 10.53886/gga.eEDT0252_EN
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• Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before They end us
  International Nursing Review 2025 DOI: 10.1111/inr.70038
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• Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
  Journal of Public Health Policy 2025 DOI: 10.1057/s41271-025-00569-7
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