Elevating Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in Research: Highlighting the publication gap, ensuring the under-served do not become the under-published

Sharing good practice in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) often only happens at a local level, with insufficient relevant publications reaching wider audiences, despite the progress made by a few journals. Much of this work remains ‘grey literature’ and fails to gain traction in academia. Our editorial aims to highlight this barrier and showcase examples of good practice PPIE, to raise much needed visibility. The under-publication of PPIE activity and its role in successful research perpetuates the lack of consistent funding and trained staff. To advance, PPIE must be recognised and published as a meaningful contributor to research more widely.