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ICMJE Ceases List of Journals Claiming to Follow Its Recommendations– May, 2025
ICMJE Guidance Notice– February, 2025
Up-dated ICMJE Recommendations– January, 2025
Up-dated ICMJE Recommendations– January, 2024
Up-dated ICMJE Recommendations– May, 2023
Up-dated ICMJE Recommendations– May, 2022
Up-Dated ICMJE Recommendations (December 2021), New ICMJE Member Journals– December, 2021
ICMJE Disclosure Form Updated, No change to Recommendations– February, 2021
Proposed ICMJE Disclosure Form – read theeditorial and seesubmitted comments.– May, 2020
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The ICMJE is a small group of general medical journal editors and representatives of selected related organizations working together to improve the quality of medical science and its reporting. ICMJE meets annually to refine itsRecommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. Although ICMJE is not an open membership organization, it welcomes comments on theRecommendations.
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