Guidelines for scientific communication good practices ICMJE - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors http://www.icmje.org/ EQUATOR – Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research http://www.equator-network.org/ CONSORT Group - Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials http://www.consort-statement.org/ STROBE - STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology http://www.strobe-statement.org/index.php?id=strobe-publications NLM Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives: By Organization http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/research_report_guide.html MEDLINE/PubMed Research Guidelines Search http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/guidelinesearch.html COPE – Committee of Publication Ethics – Code of Conduct http://publicationethics.org/code-conduct WAME - World Association of Medical Editors http://www.wame.org/ CSE - Council of Science Editors http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/services/draft_approved.cfm
Other resources for authors and researchers Virtual Health Library http://regional.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=en Virtual Health Library – Health Scientific Communication Portal http://ccs.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=en Virtual Health Library – Evidence Portal http://evidences.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=en PAHO Research Portal http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=1148&Itemid=931 Author Aid – Supporting developing countries research in publishing their work http://www.authoraid.info/ Citing Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=citmed Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/ IDRC Toolkit for researchers http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-131735-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
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