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• Advertising
• Authors
• Authorship issues
• Conflicts of interest
• Copyright
• Duplicate publication
• Editorial independence
• Editorial office management
• Editorial policy
• Geopolitical issues
• Human rights protection, privacy and confidentiality (including IRB)
• Impact of journals and impact factor
• Journal indexing
• Journalology research
• Manuscript editing
• Open access
• Peer review
• Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification
• Statistics
• Technology
• Translations
• Trial registration
• WAME policy

Advertising

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals

• Advertising

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Editorial Decision Overridden By Marketing Department

• Listserve Discussions

• What Medicine and Medical Journal Editing Mean to Me
  

• Advertising and Editorial Guidelines

• Editorial Review of Advertising

Authors

• Listserve Discussions
• Joint Primary Authorship
  
• Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors
• Authors Quoting Themselves Extensively in the References
  
• Authors' Review of Edited Proofs
  
• Requesting Raw Data from the Author

• Editorial Actions in Response to Personal Misconduct of Authors

• Sudden Withdrawal of Paper

• Refusal to Supply Authors With a Copy of Their Work

• Sharing Reprint Revenues With Authors

• Photo of the Author in Scientific Literature

• How Authors Learn Writing Skills

• Supporting Authors With Writers' Block

Authorship issues

• Policy Statements

• Authorship
  

• Ghost Writing Initiated by Commercial Companies

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals

• Authorship

• Listserve Discussions
• Referencing Conference Proceedings
  
• Disputes By Individuals Named in Acknowledgments
  
• Missing Author and Issues of Copyright Transfer
  
• Joint Primary Authorship
• Number of Authors
  
• Authors' Changing Roles and Their Order in the Byline
  
• Report of the Same Case Submitted to the Same Journal By Two Different Author Groups
  
• Dealing With Salami Publication
  

• A Sponsor as Author on an "Independent" Study

• Author Indexing on Medline

• When Should Authorship Forms Be Submitted?

• Undeserved Authorship

• Anonymity for Authors?

• Ghost Writing for Industry

• Ghost Authorship, Ownership of Data, and Industry Influence

• Order of Authors

• Authorship Dispute

• Removing An Author’s Name on Proof
  

Conflicts of interest

• Policy Statements

• Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
  

• Ghost Writing Initiated by Commercial Companies

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals
• Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
  

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Reviewer Conflict of Interest

• Journal Sidebar Referrals to Commercial CME Materials

• Listserve Discussions

• Conflict of Interest or Oversight?
  
• Handling Non-financial Conflicts of Interest
  
• New Journal Misleads About Affiliated Editors
  
• Declaring Authors’ Financial Conflicts of Interest
  
• Can An Editorial Board Member Publish In The Journal?
  
• Dealing With Possible Conflicts of Interest
  
• Authors Not Declaring Conflicts of Interest
  
• Commercial Interests and Editorship
  
• What Medicine and Medical Journal Editing Mean to Me
  

• Publishing an Article Despite Commercial or Legal Threats

• Control of Publication by Manufacturers

• Surge in Articles on Bioterrorism: Focus or Fraud?

• Conflict of Interest Statements

• Editors' Conflicts of Interest

• Ghost Authorship, Ownership of Data, and Industry Influence

   

• Listserve Discussions
• Missing Author and Issues of Copyright Transfer
  
• Who Owns Copyright On Figures "Adapted With Permission"?
  
• Derivative Works Policies and Copyright
  

Duplicate publication

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Duplicate Submission

• Listserve Discussions

• Duplicate Publication of Highly Interesting Materials
  
• ORI and Self-plagiarism
• Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors
• Re-publishing an Article in Another Language
• Duplicate Publication: What It Is, What To Do
• Dealing With the Possibility of Self-Plagiarism
  
• Report of the Same Case Submitted to the Same Journal By Two Different Author Groups
• Dealing With Salami Publication
  
• Double Publication in "Local" or "Non-English" Journals
  
• Republishing an Article Published in a Now-Defunct Journal
  

• Duplicate Publication

• Simultaneous Submission to 2 Journals

• Duplicate Publication in Multiple Languages

Editorial Independence

• Policy Statements

• The Relationship Between Journal Editors-in-Chief and Owners

• WAME Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors

• What Potential Editors Should Know Before Accepting the Position

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals

• Relationship of the Journal to the Sponsoring Society

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Editorial Decision Overridden By Marketing Department

• Listserve Discussions
• Commercial Interests and Editorship
  
• Lessons of the recent CMAJ Episode
  

Editorial office management

• WAME Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors

• The Editorial Process

• Listserve Discussions
• Is Formal Training in Medical Journalism Important?
  
• Role of A Section Editor
  
• Evaluating Editors
  
• The Meaning of a Job Title
  
• Thoughts on Masked Peer Review
• Problems With Printing Companies
  
• What is a “Small” Medical Journal?
  

• Tips for Publishing an Association Journal

• The Purpose of ISSN and ISBN Classifications

• Retaining Manuscript Files

• Permission Issues

• Term Limits
  
  

Editorial policy

• Policy Statements

• Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
  
• Definition of a Peer-Reviewed Journal
  

• The Responsibilities of Medical Editors

• WAME Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors

• Responsibilities of Editors
  

• Editorial decision making and communication with authors

• Special features of journals
• Other editorial responsibilities
  

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals

• Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals

• Editorial Decisions

• Originality, Prior Publication, and Media Relations
  

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Authors Do Not Respond to Critical Letters to the Editor

• Post-Acceptance Rejection of a Manuscript
• Journal Sidebar Referrals to Commercial CME Materials
  

• Listserve Discussions

• Referencing Conference Proceedings
  
• Disputes By Individuals Named in Acknowledgments
  
• Missing Author and Issues of Copyright Transfer
  
• Duplicate Publication of Highly Interesting Materials
  
• Journal Requirements for Submission; Centralizing Manuscript Submission and Review
  
• Handling Non-financial Conflicts of Interest
  
• Free Online Content Access for Resource-limited Countries
  
• Publishing Proceedings of Conferences As Supplements
  
• A Place for Medical Related Jokes, Poetry, Etc, in Journals
  
• Can An Editorial Board Member Publish In The Journal?
  
• Journals Dealing With Environmental Issues
  
• Joint Primary Authorship
• Defining Who Is the Plagiarist
  
• Declarations of Statistical Significance and Origin of the P = 0.05 "Cutoff"
  
• Ethics Review Committee/IRB Approval and Journal Policy
  
• From NewScientist: The developing world needs its own science journals
  
• Letters to the Editor Policy
  
• Importance of Replication of Science vs Me-Too Publishing
• Images, Case Series, and Other Clinical Features
  
• Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors
• ISO and Other Standards for Journals
• Indicating Sections That Are Not Peer-Reviewed
  
• Reject Without Review: Dealing With Upset Authors
  
• Should Editors Retain Rejected Manuscripts and Related Materials?
  
• Duplicate Publication: What It Is, What To Do
  
• Evaluating Editors
  
• Dealing With the Possibility of Self-Plagiarism
  
• Editor Not Responding to Author's Inquiry
  
• Advice on Changes for Editorial Governance, Publication Frequency, and Selection of Editorial Board of Revista Biomedica
• Free or Low-Cost Access to Medical Journals
  
• Rewarding Peer Reviewers: Payment vs Other Types of Recognition
  
• Policies on Letters to the Editor
  
• Lessons of the recent CMAJ Episode
  
• What Medicine and Medical Journal Editing Mean to Me
  
• Authors’ Review of Edited Proofs
  
• Requesting Raw Data from the Author
• Editorial Withdrawal of an Article Posted on the Journal Web Site
• Rejecting Manuscripts Without Review
• Selection of Editors-in-Chief<

• Personal Acknowledgements in Manuscripts

• Building Bridges Between Scientists and the Public

• Peer Review of Editorials

• Editorial Independence and Media Relations

• Retraction for Scientific Error

• JAMA Requirements for Industry-Funded Trails Questioned in BMJ

• Reviewing a Colleague's Work

• Journals' Openness About Peer Review Policy

• Authors Who Ignore Rejection and Resubmit

• Consideration of Resubmitted Rejected Manuscripts and Educating Authors

• Short Reports from Pharmaceutical Companies

• Should Editors Publish in Their Own Journal?

• Access to Authors' Data
  
  

Geopolitical issues

• Policy Statements

• Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions

• Regional Workshops for Medical Editors
• Free Journal Access for Poor Nations
  
• Listserve Discussions
• Free Online Content Access for Resource-limited Countries
  
• From NewScientist: The developing world needs its own science journals
  
• The Bigger Picture: Arms or Health?
• Free or Low-Cost Access to Medical Journals
  
• What is a “Small” Medical Journal?
  

• Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions

• An Arab-Israeli Journal to Promote Peace

Human rights protection, privacy and confidentiality (including IRB)

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals

• Study Design and Ethics

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Lack of Informed Consent

• Using Patient Names Reported In the Press
  

• Listserve Discussions

• Ethics Review Committee/IRB Approval and Journal Policy
  
• Ethical Review of Observational Studies
  

• Retroactive Ethical Approval of Studies Involving Human Subjects

• Patient Permission to Publish a Case Report

• Lack of IRB Review

• Reporting Experimental Treatments

• HIPAA and Case Reports

• Pictures of Patients

Impact of journals and impact factor

• Policy Statements

• Impact Factor

• Listserve Discussions
• Measuring Scientific Impact
  
• Ways of Ranking Journals
  

• Manipulating the Impact Factor

• Impact Factor and Classification of Articles by ISI

• ISI Impact Factor and the Y Factors

• Impact Factor and Journal Importance

• Quality Indicators for Journal Content

• Journal Impact

• Impact Factor

• A Survey of Canadian Doctors: Questions About Impact Factor

• Listserve Discussions
• Criteria for Including Journals in Online Databases
  
• Report of a Plagiarized Article
  
• Indexing An Online-Only Journal
  
• Getting One’s Journal Indexed
  
• The Role of Indexing Systems
  
• Regional Indexes'

• Listserve Discussions
• Publishing Research on Medical Journals
  

• Listserve Discussions
• Referencing Conference Proceedings
  
• Journal Requirements for Submission; Centralizing Manuscript Submission and Review
  
• Who Owns Copyright On Figures "Adapted With Permission"?
  
• Copy Editing and Journal Quality
  
• Authors Quoting Themselves Extensively in the References
• Attribution for Deceased Authors
  
• Citing References in Abstracts
• Has Proofing Gotten Worse?
  
• Should a Specific Number of References be Required?
  
• Appropriate Use of Other Authors’ Sentences
  

• Number of Columns Per Page in a Medical Journal
  
• Author Review of Copyediting Changes
  

• Manuscript Titles in the Form of a Question

• Citing Web Pages

• Race and Ethnicity: How to We Describe People?

• Position of Translators in the Editorial Process

• Value of Technical Editing

• Misquotes: Is Anyone Responsible?

• Indigenous: To Capitalize or Not
  
  

Open Access

• Policy Statements

• Free Journal Access for Poor Nations

• Listserve Discussions
• Free Online Content Access for Resource-limited Countries
  
• Free or Low-Cost Access to Medical Journals
  

• Online Publication

• Open Access to Journal Content
  

Peer review

• Policy Statements
• Definition of a Peer-Reviewed Journal
  
• WAME Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors

• Peer Review

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals

• Peer Review

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Reviewer Conflict of Interest

• Listserve Discussions

• Journal Requirements for Submission; Centralizing Manuscript Submission and Review
  
• Peer Review Turnaround Time,  Willingness to Review, and Review Timeliness
  
• Proposal of a Centralized Manuscript Assessment System for Peer Review
  
• How does one know that an article has been peer reviewed?
  
• Continuing Education Credits for Peer Reviewers
  
• Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors
• Indicating Sections That Are Not Peer-Reviewed
• Managing Peer Reviewers
• Review Form
  
• Rewarding Peer Reviewers: Payment vs Other Types of Recognition
  

• Why Don't Articles Include a Statement of Peer Review?

• Editors' Decisions on Manuscripts

• Publication of Thesis and Conference Presentations

• Fostering Timely Peer Reviews

• Blinded Peer Review

Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification

• WAME Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals

• Plagiarism

• Responding to Allegations of Possible Misconduct
  

• Ethics Case Discussions

• Allegation of Scientific Misconduct

• Self-Plagiarism of Textbook Chapters
  

• Listserve Discussions

• Report of a Plagiarized Article
  
• Defining Who Is the Plagiarist
• Who alerts editors of plagiarism?
  
• Plagiarism Detection Software
  
• Plagiarism
  
• Sanctioning an Author who has Plagiarized; What is Self-Plagiarism?
  
• Blatant Plagiarism
  
• Appropriate Use of of Other Authors’ Sentences
  

• How to Handle Plagiarism Without Destroying the Author

• Unpublished Plagiarism

• Software to Detect Plagiarism

• Ethical Guidelines, Plagiarism, and Ghost Writing

   

Statistics

• Listserve Discussions
• Declarations of Statistical Significance and Origin of the P = 0.05 "Cutoff"

• Journal Editors and Statistics

Technology

• Listserve Discussions
• Plagiarism Detection Software
• ISO and Other Standards for Journals
• Looking for Suggestions About Journal Publishing Software
  
• Web 2.0 sites in Scholarly Publishing
  

Translations

• Listserve Discussions
• Translations of WAME Policies
  
• Re-publishing an Article in Another Language
• Derivative Works Policies and Copyright

Trial registration

• Policy Statements

• The Registration of Clinical Trials

• Listserve Discussions
• Not Registering a Clinical Trial Before Submitting a Manuscript
  

• Clinical Trials Registry

WAME policy

• WAME Recognition and Certificates
• Listserve Discussions
• WAME Grant Writing and Online Syllabus
  
• Translations of WAME Policies
  
• Proposed Revision to "Journals' Role in Managing Conflict of Interest Related to Funding of Research"