Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals | |
Abbreviation | ICMJE Recommendations |
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Formation | 1979 |
Parent organization | International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Vancouver Group (formerly) |
Website | https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/ |
Formerly called | Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (URMs) |
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 standardising the ethics, preparation and formatting of manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals for publication.[1] Compliance with the ICMJE recommendations is required by most leading biomedical journals. Levels of real compliance are subject to debate.[2] As of 9 January 2020, 5570 journals worldwide claim to follow the ICMJE recommendations.[3]
The recommendations were first issued in 1979 under the title "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" (abbreviated URMs and often shortened to "Uniform Requirements").[4] After a series of revisions, they were given their current name in 2013.[5]