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WAME Now an Official Nonprofit Organization
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, WAME can now accept grants and contributions as a charitable organization to further its mission of educating editors around the world. WAME's updated Bylaws are available at http://www.wame.org/wame-bylaws. For more information, contact WAME at wame@jama-archives.org.
2009 WAME Member Meeting
The 4th WAME Member Meeting was held the evening of Friday, September 11, 2009, in conjunction with the Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The meeting included WAME business, a small journals research report, discussion of the WAME training program currently under development, and discussion of ethics cases led by the WAME Publication Ethics Committee. A report of the meeting and related new initiatives will be available on this site shortly.
ICMJE Member Journal Search (posted July 7, 2009)
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is seeking 2 new member journals.
WAME Directors elected (posted May 27, 2009)
In WAME's first election, the membership has elected Martin van der Weyden and Chris Zielinski as Directors for 2009-2010. The WAME Board welcomes the new Directors and thanks the WAME membership for voting in the election.
Updated WAME Policy Statements (updated July 25, 2009)
Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals The new policy from the Editorial Policy and Publication Ethics Committees addresses conflict of interest issues and approaches for authors, peer reviewers, and editors.
The Relationship Between Journal Editors-in-Chief and Owners Updated to reflect that Editors should be compensated for their work in a manner that does not create a conflict of interest for the manuscripts they consider.
New WAME Listserves
New Journal Misleads About Affiliated Editors
Report of a Plagiarized Article A plagiarized article is published in a journal not indexed by Medline. How can the fact of the plagiarized work be made clear to all readers and what steps should be taken?
Declaring Authors’ Financial Conflicts of Interest Is revealing the identity of a ghost author who works for the sponsoring organization and disclosure of authors’ extensive conflicts of interest sufficient for a manuscript to be considered for publication? Or is it a marker of irremediable bias?
Free Online Content Access for Resource-limited Countries WAME strongly encourages that journals provide free access to developing countries (see the WAME policy at http://www.wame.org/resources/policies#poor). However, recent information regarding technical issues, use, and success of programs such as HINARI would be welcome.
Ways of Ranking Journals A variety of methods to rank journals are mentioned briefly.
Indexing An Online-Only Journal Considerations in having an online-only journal indexed in Medline by National Library of Medicine are discussed.
Getting One’s Journal Indexed The process whereby editors may apply to have their journal indexed in Medline by National Library of Medicine is discussed.
WAME Grant Writing and Online Syllabus WAME is seeking input from members and others on the important and essential requirements for an online learning syllabus for editors.
Peer Review Turnaround Time, Willingness to Review, and Review Timeliness A brief discussion of two important topics: Is there a relationship between requested review turnaround time and reviewer acceptance to review? How can journals improve review quality?
Publishing Proceedings of Conferences As Supplements What are the considerations in publishing meeting proceedings in a journal, including peer review, any implication of endorsement, and indexing?
A Place for Medical Related Jokes, Poetry, Etc, in Journals A peer-reviewed medical journal should publish the highest quality, most transparently reported, most well-written work possible to attract readers, but should it also offer readers lighter fare such as jokes, creative writing, and the like, or does such work undermine the journal’s image?
Can An Editorial Board Member Publish In The Journal? Journals select members of editorial boards for their expertise in the fields in which the journal publishes, so the journal often may be in the position of wishing to publish work by editorial board members. How can the journal be sure to do this ethically in a way that is transparent to readers?
Copy Editing and Journal Quality Copy editing is not free, but it is an important to ensure that articles are as free of typos and grammatical mistakes as possible.
Journals Dealing With Environmental Issues Some editors who publish journals that deal with environmental issues respond.
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