World Association Of Medical Editors

The World Association of Medical Editors (abbreviated WAME, pronounced "whammy") is an international, virtual organization of

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s. It was originally founded in 1995 by a group of members of the

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors The ICMJE recommendations (full title, "Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals") are a set of guidelines produced by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors for stan ...

(ICMJE), who had grown concerned that the ICMJE had become "too small, self-serving, and exclusive". It was launched on March 16, 1995 in

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, 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

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. One of those in attendance was

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