NephJC has existed since 2014 and is a global community of nephrology education enthusiasts. Each year, a class of interns is selected to passionately prepare blogs, visual abstracts, and social media posts to spread knowledge and critique publications related to the practice of nephrology. In addition, we have an international cadre of learners who spend their free time editing, reviewing, and appraising the works of our interns to ensure high-quality educational materials are produced. These materials are viewed thousands of times on social media and through internet searches. Everyone involved in the NephJC process are volunteers. We remain involved because we care about nephrology education, training, and critical thinking. We have no corporate sponsors; our opinions are not for sale. We freely share all these materials because making education entertaining, simpler, and more accessible means that meaningful research reaches a wider audience, which is better for patients and clinicians alike. NephJC was birthed in the heyday of FOMAed, and in the same spirit, everything that is produced is made freely available, and nothing pleases us more than hearing and seeing NephJC resources being used for medical education and dissemination. But. …
Incorrect use of NephJC VA with cropping, ERA 2026
The creation of our core content takes dozens of hours a week, with input from many team members. In a time when all the world’s knowledge is at one's fingertips, a simple web search by a conference presenter of their subject often yields NephJC content toward the top. We are prolific and have presented NephJC material every two weeks for more than 12 years (that’s at least 280 blogs, plus shorts, visual abstracts, editorials, podcasts, and social media threads). In fact, AI often uses our blogs as a reliable source of information for inquiries related to nephrology.
Incorrect use of NephJC VA with cropping, GlomCon 2026
We at NephJC have one simple request of conference presenters and conference organizers. We strongly believe our efforts deserve credit. Honor our commitment to providing outstanding, critical, peer-reviewed material. Feel free to use our visual abstracts during conference presentations, but do not remove the NephJC logo or the creators’ names. We understand that sometimes images are cropped for the purpose of creating space, but failing to acknowledge the time and efforts of NephJC content creators feels insulting. By removing attributions, you are limiting the reach of our content that curious conference attendees might choose to engage with. We know coordinating national and international conferences is a large administrative burden, but we hope you will earnestly try to be more aware and considerate of attributing ownership of content.
Correct use of VA with source and creator shown, GlomCon 2026
Thanks for your consideration,
The NephJC Leadership