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## Recommendations

**Read the Recommendations** for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals.

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Announcements
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 the editorial and see submitted comments. – May, 2020


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### About ICMJE

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 its *Recommendations 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 the *Recommendations*.
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- Browse
- About the Recommendations
- Purpose of the Recommendations
- Who Should Use the Recommendations?
- History of the Recommendations
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors
- Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest
- Responsibilities in the Submission and Peer-Review Process
- Journal Owners and Editorial Freedom
- Protection of Research Participants
- Publishing & Editorial Issues
- Corrections and Version Control
- Scientific Misconduct
- Copyright
- Overlapping Publications
- Correspondence
- Fees
- Supplements, Theme Issues, and Special Series
- Sponsorships and Partnerships
- Electronic Publishing
- Advertising
- Journals and the Media
- Clinical Trials
- Manuscript Preparation and Submission
- Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Medical Journal
- Sending the Manuscript to the Journal
- Translations
- Archives
- Subscribe to Changes
- Disclosure of Interest

- Translations
- About ICMJE

- Contact ICMJE
- Other Resources
- FAQs
- Clinical Trials Registration
- ICMJE Membership
- ICMJE Recommendations ("The Uniform Requirements")
- Disclosure Forms
- Miscellaneous
- News & Editorials

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