Does it cost anything to run a newsletter?

Communify.us generally provides research-newsletter infrastructure without charge, as a contribution to research communities. Commercial enterprise services are separate. Tell us about your plans and we'll discuss the support that fits.

Do we need an editorial team before we get in touch?

No. Whether you're starting a newsletter or bringing an existing editorial team, tell us about your field, audience and plans. No ResearchStreams account is needed to get in touch.

Who decides what goes into each issue?

Your editors. Contributors suggest articles, and your editorial team reviews them and selects what your readers see. Communify.us provides the infrastructure.

Is anyone already doing this?

Yes. Healthcare Well-Being Offerings (HWO) is an established editorial collaboration sharing literature on the professional experience and well-being of healthcare workers. Its editors guide the research; Communify.us provides ResearchStreams infrastructure.

Can our readers keep the articles they want to come back to?

Yes. Personal ResearchStreams accounts are free, so readers can save articles, organize a personal library and export citations.

We work on healthcare workforce well-being. Can we contribute?

We welcome conversations about contributing research and complementary regional or language perspectives, shaped with existing editorial partners.

ResearchStreams · Medical Research Newsletters

Your experts pick the research. Your community gets a newsletter worth opening.

Bring contributors together, review and select articles as an editorial team, and publish a curated medical research newsletter for the people you serve. Communify.us generally provides the newsletter infrastructure without charge to research communities.

Discuss your newsletter See the editorial workflow

Sound familiar?

What we hear from newsletter editors and research-stream managers using standard approaches

Common frustrations with the usual tools and workarounds — the gaps ResearchStreams is built to close.

Our best reviewers read the literature every week, but their picks end up in their own inboxes.

Without a shared place to suggest and review articles, expert judgment never reaches the wider community.

Every issue gets stitched together from emails, a spreadsheet and a mailing list.

Collecting picks, formatting and sending take more editorial time than choosing the research.

We'd love a newsletter for our field, but we're volunteers with no budget for a publishing system.

Many research communities run on goodwill, and a newsletter needs dependable infrastructure behind it.

How it works

From a pile of new papers to an issue your readers trust

Your editors make every editorial choice. ResearchStreams gives the team one place to work, from the first article suggested to the issue your subscribers receive.

1
Bring the research in
Gather candidate articles from PubMed, journal feeds and browser capture into your research stream, so nobody is forwarding links.
2
Invite your contributors
Bring in the clinicians and researchers whose judgment your readers value, and let them suggest the articles they think matter.
3
Review and select together
Editors review each submission, approve it, set it aside or flag it for discussion, and organize the selection by topic.
4
Assemble the issue
Put the selected articles together into a newsletter organized around your audience, with a note from the editors.
5
Send it to your subscribers
Send a test to yourself, then schedule the issue or send it to your subscribers on ResearchStreams infrastructure.

1
Bring the research in
Gather candidate articles from PubMed, journal feeds and browser capture into your research stream, so nobody is forwarding links.
2
Invite your contributors
Bring in the clinicians and researchers whose judgment your readers value, and let them suggest the articles they think matter.
3
Review and select together
Editors review each submission, approve it, set it aside or flag it for discussion, and organize the selection by topic.
4
Assemble the issue
Put the selected articles together into a newsletter organized around your audience, with a note from the editors.
5
Send it to your subscribers
Send a test to yourself, then schedule the issue or send it to your subscribers on ResearchStreams infrastructure.

In practice

What an issue can look like

An issue is a short, focused collection your editors stand behind: a note from the editors, then the selected articles grouped by topic. Every article got there because a contributor suggested it and an editor approved it.

Illustrative example, not a product screenshot. The titles are invented to show the format; they are not real publications and report no findings. Your issue layout may differ.

Hospital Teamwork Research Review

Illustrative issue · handoffs and team communication

Three contributors suggested papers on handoffs this month, so we gave the theme the whole issue. Start with the bedside report survey if your unit is debating it.

Handoffs and shift report

Bedside shift report and nurse-perceived handoff quality: a multicenter survey
Survey study · illustrative journal
Suggested by a nurse researcher · approved by the editors
Structured handoff tools at intensive care unit discharge: a mixed-methods study
Mixed-methods study · illustrative journal
Suggested by an intensivist · approved after editorial discussion

Team debriefing

Structured debriefing after rapid response events: a qualitative study of interprofessional teams
Qualitative study · illustrative journal
Suggested by a hospitalist · approved by the editors

Who it's for

Something useful for everyone involved

Editors: One place to see what contributors suggested and decide what goes into each issue.
Research-stream managers: A steady flow of candidate articles and an issue that is easier to assemble each time.
Expert contributors: A simple way to put the papers they're already reading in front of the editors.
Readers and subscribers: A focused selection of research chosen by people they trust, instead of another raw search feed.
Societies and research communities: A newsletter for their field without building or paying for a publishing system of their own.

What changes

From working around the problem to working on it

Today

Article picks forwarded by email
A spreadsheet tracking who suggested what
Each issue formatted by hand
A separate mailing list to keep up to date

With ResearchStreams

Articles gathered in one research stream
Contributors' suggestions reviewed in one place
Selected articles assembled into an issue
Distribution to subscribers managed with the issue

Built to support research communities

Your editors make the choices: Expert judgment guides inclusion. Your editors decide what your readers see; Communify.us provides the ResearchStreams infrastructure.
Generally without charge: Communify.us generally provides research-newsletter infrastructure without charge, as a contribution to research communities. Commercial enterprise services are separate.
An established editorial collaboration: Healthcare Well-Being Offerings (HWO) brings together scholars and thought leaders to share literature on the professional experience and well-being of healthcare workers, using ResearchStreams infrastructure.

Getting started

Starting your newsletter

Whether you're starting a new newsletter or bringing an existing editorial team, the first step is a conversation. No ResearchStreams account is needed to get in touch.

Talk with us
Tell us about your field, your audience, your editors and what you'd like help with.
Set up your stream
Agree on the topics and sources to follow, and invite the contributors who will suggest articles.
Publish your first issue
Review submissions, select the articles and send the issue to your subscribers.

What's included, and what's separate

For research communities: Research-newsletter infrastructure is generally provided without charge. We'll discuss the support that fits your audience and editorial plans.
Commercial enterprise services: Commercial enterprise services are separate and discussed directly.
Editorial responsibility: Your editors choose the research. ResearchStreams does not make editorial selections for you.

Frequently asked questions

Does it cost anything to run a newsletter?: Communify.us generally provides research-newsletter infrastructure without charge, as a contribution to research communities. Commercial enterprise services are separate. Tell us about your plans and we'll discuss the support that fits.
Do we need an editorial team before we get in touch?: No. Whether you're starting a newsletter or bringing an existing editorial team, tell us about your field, audience and plans. No ResearchStreams account is needed to get in touch.
Who decides what goes into each issue?: Your editors. Contributors suggest articles, and your editorial team reviews them and selects what your readers see. Communify.us provides the infrastructure.
Is anyone already doing this?: Yes. Healthcare Well-Being Offerings (HWO) is an established editorial collaboration sharing literature on the professional experience and well-being of healthcare workers. Its editors guide the research; Communify.us provides ResearchStreams infrastructure.
Can our readers keep the articles they want to come back to?: Yes. Personal ResearchStreams accounts are free, so readers can save articles, organize a personal library and export citations.
We work on healthcare workforce well-being. Can we contribute?: We welcome conversations about contributing research and complementary regional or language perspectives, shaped with existing editorial partners.

What research would your community benefit from?

Tell us about your field, your readers and your editors. We'll talk through how ResearchStreams could support your newsletter.

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