LibGuides: Mulford Health Sciences Library Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences: Home

These pages provide links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over
6,000 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to "primary sources" - that is,
to publishers and organizations with editorial responsibilities for the titles.

Disclaimer: Inclusion of a journal in this resource does not constitute an endorsement.

Questions, comments, or to report broken links/suggest links contact: gerald.natal@utoledo.edu.

Conflict of Interest

ICMJE Conflict of Interest Form

Copyright

Jisc Open policy finder (Formerly Sherpa services)
An aid to authors and institutions for making informed and confident decisions in open access publication and compliance.
SPARC* (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
SPARC's OER state policy tracker follows developing individual state policies on OERs.

Data Management Standards

FAIR Principles
FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship.

Editor Standards

WAME - (World Association of Medical Editors)
A main goal of WAME is to facilitate worldwide cooperation and communication among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals;

Journal Quality

AMWA – EMWA – ISMPP Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing
On Predatory Publishing
Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia

Open Access

NIH Public Access Policy
The NIH Public Access Policy requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to PubMed Central immediately upon acceptance for publication.

Publishing Standards

COPE guidelines for publishers and editors
CRediT - Contributor Roles Taxonomy
14 roles that represent those typically played by contributors to research outputs like writing a journal article. The roles describe each contributor’s specific contribution to the scholarly output.
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- Conceptualization
- Data curation
- Formal Analysis
- Funding acquisition
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project administration
- Resources
- Software
- Supervision
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – original draft
- Writing – review & editing
EASE Guidelines
EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English.
ICMJE's Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals
(PDF document)
Retraction Watch Database User Guide Appendix B: Reasons
Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process.

Reporting Standards

Conference on Guideline Standardization (COGS)
Equator Network - (Health Sciences Research Reporting Guidelines
Contains a comprehensive searchable database of reporting guidelines and also links to other resources relevant to research reporting.
EQUATOR CONSORT
EQUATOR PRISMA
EQUATOR PRISMA-P
SPIRIT Initiative
SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials): evidence-based recommendations for the minimum content of a clinical trial protocol.
MOOSE Consensus Statement
Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
NLM Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives
SPIRIT/CONSORT Statement
SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) and CONSORT (CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials) are reporting guidelines that help researchers to report their trial protocols and finished randomised trials completely and transparently.
SQUIRE Statement
Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence. The SQUIRE guidelines provide a framework for reporting new knowledge about how to improve healthcare.
STROBE - (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology)