The Official Journal of Kotyora Family Medicine Health Management and Education Association

Useful Links

MAIN SOURCES

COPE – Committee on Publication Ethics

CSE – Council of Science Editors

EASE – European Association of Science Editors

EMAME – Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors

EQUATOR – Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research

FAME – Forum for African Medical Editors

ICMJE – International Council of Medical Journal Editors

ISMTE – International Society of Managing and Technical Editors

NLM – US National Library of Medicine

ORI – US Office of Research Integrity

WAME – World Association of Medical Editors

INSTRUCTIONS

EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English (December 2015)

“EASE guidelines for authors and translators” Translations

EASE Toolkit for Authors

EQUATOR Resources for Authors

Guidelines for authors (Croatian Medical Journal)

ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (Updated December 2014)

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (Mulford Health Science Library)

REPORTING GUIDELINES

American Psychological Association’s (APA) Reporting Standards for Research in Psychology

CONSORT translations

Diagnostic accuracy studies – STARD

Experimental animal trials – ARRIVE

For further information on the reporting guidelines: EQUATOR network

MIBBI Minimum Information guidelines from diverse bioscience communities

Non-randomized behavioral and public health intervention trials – TREND

Observational research: cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies – STROBE

Randomized controlled trials – CONSORT

Sex and Gender Equity in Research: SAGER Guideline

Standard protocol items for randomized trials – SPRIT

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses – PRISMA

CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)

Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry (ReBec)

Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR)

Clinical Research Information Service (CRiS), Republic of Korea

Clinical Trials Registry – India (CTRI)

ClinicalTrials.gov

Cuban Public Registry of Clinical Trials (RPCEC)

EU Clinical Trials Register (EU-CTR)

German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS)

Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT)

Japan Primary Registries Network (JPRN)

Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (PACTR)

Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry (SLCTR)

The Netherlands National Trial Register (NTR)

WHO’s International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)

WHO’s International Standards for Clinical Trial Registries

ETHICS

COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

COPE Flowcharts and their Translations

COPE Guidelines

Criteria for authorship (ICMJE: authorship and contributorship)

CSE White Paper on Publication Ethics

Deja Vu: a Database of Highly Similar Citations

EASE Ethics Checklist for Authors

eTBLAST: a text-similarity based search engine

Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals (2011)

Helsinki Declaration (WMA, 2013)

ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

ICMJE Recommendations

Multiple Submission, Duplicate Submission and Duplicate Publication (Cem Uzun, 2013)

ORI Handling Misconduct

Plagiarism software (iThenticate)

WAME Policies and Resources

DATABASES

Chemical Abstracts

Index Copernicus

Journal Citation Reports

Science Citation Index

Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)

Thomson Reuters EndNote Web

Thomson Reuters ResearcherID

Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge

STYLE AND FORMAT

ICMJE Reference listings standards

Journal Abbreviations

SI Conversion Calculator (AMA Manual of Style)

SI Units for Clinical Data

The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

GUIDELINES FOR EDITORS

COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors

COPE Guidance for Editors: Research, Audit and Service Evaluations

COPE Retraction Guidelines

COPE Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors

CSE’s White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, 2012 Update

EASE Publications

EASE Toolkit for Journal Editors

EMAME Manual for Editors of Health Science Journals

EQUATOR Resources for editors and peer reviewers

FAME Editorial Guidelines

Golden Rules for Scholarly Journal Editors

How COPE handles complaints against member journals

ICMJE Publishing and Editorial Issues

INASP Editor’s Resource Pack

International Standards for Editors (Kleinert & Wager, 2011)

WAME Policies and Resources

WAME Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors