Organization:World Association of Medical Editors

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Short description: International association of medical journal editors
World Association of Medical Editors
AbbreviationWAME
FormationMarch 16, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-16)
Founded atBellagio, Lombardy, Italy
Region
International
Membership (2017[1])
1,830
President
Rakesh Aggarwal
Vice President
Chris Zielinski
Secretary
José Florencio F. Lapeña
Websitewame.org

The World Association of Medical Editors (abbreviated WAME, pronounced "whammy") is an international, virtual organization of editors of medical journals.[2][3] It was originally founded in 1995 by a group of members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), who had grown concerned that the ICMJE had become "too small, self-serving, and exclusive".[2][4] It was launched on March 16, 1995 in Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy, after a three-day conference was held to discuss ways to enable greater international cooperation between editors of medical journals. The conference was attended by twenty-two editors from thirteen countries, all funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.[5] One of those in attendance was Iain Chalmers.[6] Any editor of a peer-reviewed biomedical journal is eligible to join WAME.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". https://wame.org/aboutus. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Squires, Bruce; Fletcher, Suzanne (January–February 2005). "The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME): Thriving in Its First Decade". Science Editor 28 (1): 13–16. https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/wp-content/uploads/v28n1p013-016.pdf. 
  3. ↑ Wager, Elizabeth (2005) (in en). Getting Research Published: An A to Z of Publication Strategy. Radcliffe Publishing. pp. 113. ISBN 9781857756876. https://books.google.com/books?id=QzpSjgsIZLUC&pg=PA113. 
  4. ↑ Weller, Ann C. (2001) (in en). Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses. Information Today, Inc.. pp. 14. ISBN 9781573871006. https://books.google.com/books?id=lH3DVnkbTFsC&pg=PA14. 
  5. ↑ "Launch of the World Association of Medical Editors" (in en). JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 273 (13): 981. 1995-04-05. doi:10.1001/jama.1995.03520370019006. ISSN 0098-7484. 
  6. ↑ Smith, R. (1995-03-25). "World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) launched" (in en). BMJ 310 (6982): 761–762. doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6982.761a. ISSN 0959-8138. 
  7. ↑ Ferris, Lorraine E.; Fletcher, Robert H. (2012-05-09). "Conflict of interest in Peer-Reviewed medical journals: The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) position on a challenging problem" (in en). Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy 2 (3): 188–191–191. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.07.03. ISSN 2223-3660. PMID 24282716. 

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