World Association of Medical Editors explained
| World Association of Medical Editors |
| Abbreviation: | WAME |
| Founding Location: | Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Region: | International |
| Membership: | 1,830 |
| Membership Year: | 2017[1] |
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| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Rakesh Aggarwal |
| Leader Title2: | Vice President |
| Leader Name2: | Chris Zielinski |
| Leader Title3: | Secretary |
| Leader Name3: | José Florencio F. Lapeña |
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: About Us . WAME . 2019-05-18.
- 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 . 2019-05-18 . 2020-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200327151219/http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/wp-content/uploads/v28n1p013-016.pdf . dead .
- Book: Wager, Elizabeth . Getting Research Published: An A to Z of Publication Strategy . 2005 . Radcliffe Publishing . 9781857756876 . 113 . en.
- Book: Weller, Ann C. . Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses . 2001 . Information Today, Inc. . 9781573871006 . 14 . en.
- 1995-04-05 . Launch of the World Association of Medical Editors . JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association . en . 273 . 13 . 981 . 10.1001/jama.1995.03520370019006 . 0098-7484.
- Smith . R. . 1995-03-25 . World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) launched . BMJ . en . 310 . 6982 . 761–762 . 10.1136/bmj.310.6982.761a . 75748830 . 0959-8138.
- 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 . Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy . en . 2 . 3 . 188–191–191 . 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.07.03 . 2024-04-21 . 2223-3660 . 3839187 . 24282716.
