Since the last update of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)1 recommendations, which we at REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA adopted,2-5 one of the most important contributions to this field has been the suggestion that that all clinical trials (CT) should be “registered” prior to definitive publication in biomedical journals.6-11 The ICMJE believes that from their very...

Minimum criteria have been agreed, and intentions restated L ast year medical journals responded to the growing clamour for greater transparency in the conduct of clinical trials by deciding to require registration of trials that are submitted for publication. 1 Various groups have proposed criteria to clarify the implementation of this policy. 2 3 These moves have received a mostly positive re...

OBJECTIVE To address the bias occurring in the medical literature associated with selective outcome reporting, in 2005, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) introduced mandatory trial registration guidelines and member journals required prospective registration of trials prior to patient enrolment as a condition of publication. No research has examined whether these gu...

In relation to an issue raised by a reader regarding some minor overlap between this paper published in BMJ Open (10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000430) and one published in Urologia Internationalis (Do journals publishing in the field of urology endorse reporting guidelines? A survey of author instructions. Kunath F, Grobe HR, Rücker G, Engehausen D, Antes G, Wullich B, Meerpohl JJ. Urol Int 2012;88:54–...

the objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and views of faculty members on criteria for authorship by international committee of medical journal editors (icmje), their current practice of choosing the authors, views on gift authorship and problems they had faced concerning authorship.it was a cross sectional survey from january 2011 to july 2011 among faculty members of various pri...

Official publication of the College Community Physicians Sri Lanka and was established in 1995. Full text articles available.Journal (JCCPSL) has been recognised by International Committee Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a following ICMJE Recommendations. The journal is indexed DOAJ.Manuscripts are only accepted online through portal JCCPSL https://jccpsl.sljol.info/ . prospective authors mu...

Official publication of the College Community Physicians Sri Lanka and was established in 1995. Full text articles available.Journal (JCCPSL) has been recognised by International Committee Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a following ICMJE Recommendations. The journal is indexed DOAJ.Manuscripts are only accepted online through portal JCCPSL https://jccpsl.sljol.info/ . prospective authors mu...

Official publication of the College Community Physicians Sri Lanka and was established in 1995. Full text articles available.Journal (JCCPSL) has been recognised by International Committee Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a following ICMJE Recommendations. The journal is indexed DOAJ.Manuscripts are only accepted online through portal JCCPSL https://jccpsl.sljol.info/ . prospective authors mu...

Gerard Socie, MD, PhD, is Head of the HematologyImmunology-Oncology Division at the Hospital St Louis, Paris; Professor of Hematology at the University Paris 7; and current President of the French Society of Hematology Financial and other disclosures provided by the author using the ICMJE (www.icmje.org) Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests are available with the full text of th...

BACKGROUND There are a number of sound justifications for publishing nearly identical information in Chinese and English medical journals, assuming several conditions are met. Although overlap publication is perceived as undesirable and ethically questionable in Europe and North America, it may serve an important function in some regions where English is not the native tongue. There is no empir...