Links
- Council of Science Editors (CSE)
The Council of Science Editors (CSE) is a US-based membership organisation that aims to improve communication in the sciences by educating authors, editors, and publishers; by providing means of co-operation among persons interested in publishing in the sciences; and by promoting effective communication practices in primary and secondary publishing in any form.
- EQUATOR Network
The EQUATOR Network is a new initiative that seeks to improve the quality of scientific publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research.
- European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
The European Association of Science Editors (EASE) is an internationally-orientated community of individuals from diverse backgrounds, linguistic traditions and professional experience who share an interest in science communication and editing.
- Indian Council of Medical Research's Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Subjects
The Indian Council of Medical Research is the apex body in India for the formulation, co-ordination and promotion of biomedical research, and is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world.
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is a group of general medical journal editors whose participants meet annually and fund their work on the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication.
- International Congresses on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication
Our aim is to improve the quality and credibility of biomedical peer review and publication and to help advance the efficiency, effectiveness, and equitability of the dissemination of biomedical information throughout the world.
- Office of Research Integrity
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) promotes integrity in biomedical and behavioral research supported by the US Public Health Service at about 4000 institutions worldwide. The ORI monitors institutional investigations of research misconduct and facilitates the responsible conduct of research through educational, preventive and regulatory activities.
- The Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty
The Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty deal with complaints regarding dishonesty in research in Denmark, defined as 'intentional or grossly negligent conduct in the form of falsification, plagiarism, non-disclosure or any similar conduct involving undue misrepresentation of a person's own scientific work and/or scientific results'.
- UK National Research Ethics Service
The National Research Ethics Service was launched on 1 April 2007 and comprises the former Central Office for Research Ethics Committees (COREC) and Research Ethics Committees (RECs) in England. The National Research Ethics Service will protect the rights, safety, dignity and well-being of research participants, while facilitating and promoting ethical research.
- UK Research Integrity Office
The UK Research Integrity Office is an independent body which offers advice and guidance to universities and other research organisations, and also to individual researchers, about the conduct of research. It promotes the good governance, management and conduct of research, shares good practice on how to address misconduct in research, and gives advice and guidance on specific cases.
- World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
Established in 1995, WAME is a voluntary association of editors from countries throughout the world who seek to foster international co-operation among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals. Membership in WAME is free and all decision-making editors of peer-reviewed medical journals are eligible to join. Membership is also available to selected scholars in journal editorial policy and peer review. WAME has more than 1500 members representing more than 965 journals from 92 countries (as of April 30, 2008).
- World Medical Association: Declaration of Helsinki
The World Medical Association has developed the Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving humans. Medical research involving humans includes research on identifiable human material or identifiable data.
