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WAME Manuscript Submission Checklist
Checklist for journals to use and adapt and Explanatory Document discussing requirements, authors' responses, and article information
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COPE: Guest edited collections best practice
COPE's discussion document addresses "recommendations for journals and publishers for handling collections that are edited by guest editors"
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WAME Revised Recommendations on Chatbots and Generative AI
Revised Recommendations on Chatbots, Generative AI, and Scholarly Manuscripts include reviewers and editors
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Revised Principles of Transparency and Best Practice released
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice Version 4.0
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Updated ICMJE Recommendations (May 2022)
ICMJE updated recommendations on duplicate and prior publications and selection and description of participants
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US House of Representatives hearing charter on paper mills
Paper Mills and Research Misconduct: Facing the Challenges of Scientific Publishing
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Congratulations to incoming WAME Board Members
Congratulations to incoming WAME President Rakesh Aggarwal, Vice-President Chris Zielinski, and Director Sanjay Pai
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WAME's newly elected Vice President and Director, June 2022
Congratulations to Christopher Zielinski (UK), Vice President, and Sanjay Pai (India), Director. Their terms begin on July 1, 2022.
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WAME's newly elected Directors, December 2021
Congratulations to Murad Alam (US); Leslie Citrome, (US), Edsel Ing (Canada), Michael L. Voight (Australia)
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WAME on abstract translations
WAME 's new statement on abstract translations in the language of the location where the research was conducted
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WAME letter to Facebook
WAME board writes to Mr Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, requesting they stop accepting advertising from anti-vaxxer organizations.
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Congratulations to WAME's newly elected Board Members, July 2020
Rakesh Aggarwal, Vice President; José Florencio F. Lapeña, Secretary; and Markus K Heinemann, Treasurer
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WAME International Conference for Medical Journal Editors Announces Award Winners
Winners of the Dr Bruce Squires Best Abstract Award, Dr Bruce Squires Travel Award, BMJ Research Integrity Award, and the JCDR Best Poster Award announced
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Identifying Predatory or Pseudo-Journals
This WAME document aims to provide guidance to help distinguish predatory from legitimate journals.
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WAME Strategic Planning Meeting
The WAME Board and team members met for a Strategic Planning Meeting on 6-7 September 2013 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Endorsing Guidelines for the Reporting of Preclinical Research
The WAME Board is pleased to endorse the consensus about principles and guidelines for the reporting of preclinical research...
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WAME Supports the 2nd International Congress on Medical Writing
The Center for Diabetes Education, the Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME), and the World Association of Medical Editors..
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WAME Supports the 6th Eastern Mediterranean Conference on Medical Journals (EMMJ6)
his will be the second time that Shiraz will be hosting this prestigious event where new and important issues related to medical ...
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WAME Supports the ORCID
WAME enthusiastically supports the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)...
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Best Practices for Peer Reviewer Selection
The problem of manipulation of manuscript peer review by authors has recently surfaced...
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WAME Statement on Promoting Global Health
Medical journal editors have a social responsibility to promote global health by publishing, whenever possible, research that furthers health ...
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The Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Updated)
A statement drafted by WAME, COPE, DOAJ, and OASPA
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WAME Editorial on Promoting Global Health
WAME's Statement on Editors' Role in Promoting Global Health
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WAME and Editorial Independence
WAME expresses serious concern related to the Canadian Medical Association's (CMA) recent dismissal of CMAJ's editor
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WAME Professionalism Code of Conduct
The new WAME Professionalism Code of Conduct for medical journal editors
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Newly Elected WAME Board Members
Congratulations to the 2016-2017 newly elected WAME Board Members
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WAME Supports the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors Meeting (APAME 2015)
WAME Supports the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors Meeting (APAME 2015)
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