World Association of Medical Editors

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]

World Association of Medical Editors
AbbreviationWAME
FormationMarch 16, 1995 (1995-03-16)
Founded atBellagio, Lombardy, Italy
Region
International
Membership (2017[1])
1,830
President
Rob Siebers
Vice President
Rakesh Aggarwal
Secretary
José Florencio F. Lapeña
Websitewame.org

References
  1. "About Us". WAME. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  2. Squires, Bruce; Fletcher, Suzanne (January–February 2005). "The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME): Thriving in Its First Decade" (PDF). Science Editor. 28 (1): 13–16.
  3. Wager, Elizabeth (2005). Getting Research Published: An A to Z of Publication Strategy. Radcliffe Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 9781857756876.
  4. Weller, Ann C. (2001). Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses. Information Today, Inc. p. 14. ISBN 9781573871006.
  5. "Launch of the World Association of Medical Editors". 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". 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". Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 2 (3): 188–191–191. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.07.03. ISSN 2223-3660. PMC 3839187. PMID 24282716.
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