DGM Research & Consulting

About

People

Douglas Martin

After a long career of highly responsible work for large companies, I want to create a small company where I can put my knowledge, skills, and experience to good use. By also drawing on the research and writing skills of my partner, we believe that we can make a positive contribution to our new community here in the Netherlands. We are eager to support the field of medical research and to create a healthy work/life balance for ourselves.

Douge holds a BA from Lewis & Clark College.

Jeffery Ring

After 34+ years as a professional librarian and medical information specialist, I have gained broad and deep experience in understanding clients, analyzing their information needs, and finding the best evidence-based information to meet their needs. Although I am semi-retired, I am not ready to set aside a lifetime of experience and education. I am ready to focus on the fun part of the job: the detective work to track down exactly the information my clients need! I’m looking forward to building something that promotes the health and well-being of people in my new community. I can help doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, medical/surgical technicians, and medical researchers improve patient treatment and outcomes.

Jeff holds the academic degrees BA, MILS, and PhD, as well as professional credentials: Membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) and specializations in Systematic Review Services (SRSS) and Data Services (DSS).

Mission, Vision, Values

  • Integrity & Transparency in Research
  • Comprehensive, Systematic Research
  • OpenAccess Research That Is Freely Available to All

  • We help clients find and review the relevant literature to support their research.
  • We document the databases, the search strategies, the syntax, and the review process according to standard research protocols and reporting guidelines.
  • We support the client in disseminating their research far and wide.

Research contributes to the common good.  Medical research helps people live longer, happier, healthier lives.  The world will be a better place, populated by happier, healthier people.

Menu of Services & Fees

We perform online searching at a standard rate of € 25.00 / hour.

An initial one-hour consultation is included in our fee if you hire us for your project.  A one-hour consultation fee will apply if you decide not to hire us.

The fees for writing support vary depending on the services selected.

Proofreading includes looking for spelling and punctuation errors.

Reviewing includes Proofreading and checking for grammatical errors and smoothing out awkward writing.

Editing includes Proofreading and Reviewing, and it also includes checking for weak arguments and errors in logic.

Standard documentation is included in the € 25.00 / hour online searching fee.

Standard documentation includes providing the information required by one protocol, e.g., documenting the databases searched, the dates of the search, the search syntax, the search strategy, any limiters or filters applied, and the search results.  We will supply the search results in one format suitable for loading into a citation manager.

An additional documentation fee of € 25.00 / hour applies if you require documentation beyond what is included above, e.g., frequency analysis of author-assigned keywords, flow diagram, multiple output formats, etc.

The fees for consulting vary depending on the services selected.

General consulting is available for € 25.00 / hour.

Consulting is available for topics such as appropriate style guides for in-text citations and bibliography/reference pages; OpenAccess publishing options; data archiving options; avoiding predatory journals; and more.  Just ask!

Training is available for € 15.00 / half-hour.

Training is available for EndNote citation management software and for the COVIDENCE system for managing systematic literature reviews.

Most clients find 30 minutes of EndNote training enough to get started.  For those who want more, we charge € 15.00 for each additional 30-minute session.

We provide our output in standard office software.  We use:

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Adobe PDF
  • EndNote

A word about EndNote:  EndNote is very powerful.  For modern articles, it can import the PDF and populate all the citation data when it finds the doi in the article.  It creates a database not only of citations, but also of the PDF articles.  It can produce in-text citations and bibliographies/reference lists in 6 000+ styles, most down to the very specific details of individual journals.  EndNote integrates with Word using a module called “Cite While You Write” (CWYW).  This places a new ribbon menu in Word that allows you to drop in citations in whatever style you choose.  If you need to change from APA to AMA style, for example, you make a single change on a drop down menu, and CWYW reformats all citations and bibliography items in your manuscript with one command.

If you need to export your EndNote library of citations, it can output citation lists in these formats, ready for you to import into any other system you may need.

    • BibTeX
    • .csv
    • .html
    • .rtf
    • .tsv
    • .txt
    • .xml

DGM Research & Consulting provides multiple services to researchers and medical professionals.  When our support contributes to the publication of an article or the presentation at a conference, we request acknowledgement as a contributor.  Per the ICMJE’s definitions of roles and reponsibilities, DGM qualifies as a contributor.

ICJME is the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, website at https://icjme.org

DGM Research & Consulting is registered with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel), as a sole proprietorship (Eenmanszaak). 

  • KVK number is 97440973
  • VAT number is NL005270079B34

DMG Research & Consulting was established on 5 July 2025.  It is registered in Leiden, South-Holland, The Netherlands, as a sole-proprietorship business.  Although we are registered in the Netherlands, we serve clients around the world.  If you’re interested in our services, please contact us.

DGM Research & Consulting is an “encore career” to allow us to contribute the knowledge, skills, and experience gained over a lifetime of work in the high tech, academic, and medical fields.