World Association Of Medical Editors

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World Association of Medical Editors
AbbreviationWAME
FormationMarch 16, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-03-16)
Founded atBellagio, Lombardy, Italy
TypeNonprofit
PurposeMedical Education
HeadquartersChicago
Region
International
Membership (2017[1])
1,830
President
Jose Florencio F. Lapeña
Vice President
Rajeev Kumar
Secretary
Jagdish Khubchandani
Treasurer
Murad Alam
Omid Beiki, Edsel Ing
Key people
Margaret Winker, Lorraine Ferris, Ana Marušić, Peush Sahni
Volunteers
15
Websitewame.org

The World Association of Medical Editors (abbreviated WAME, pronounced "whammy") is an international, virtual organization of editors of medical journals.[2][3] It was originally founded in 1995 by a group of members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), who had grown concerned that the ICMJE had become "too small, self-serving, and exclusive".[2][4] It was launched on March 16, 1995 in Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy, after a three-day conference 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 Rockefeller Foundation.[5] One of those in attendance was Iain Chalmers.[6] Any editor of a peer-reviewed biomedical journal is eligible to join WAME.[7]

Past Presidents

  • Richard Horton (United Kingdom) March 1995 - Nov 1996
  • Drummond Rennie (USA) Dec 1997 - Dec 1999
  • Fiona Godlee (United Kingdom) Jan 2000 - Dec 2001
  • Ana Marusic (Croatia) Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
  • Peush Sahni (India) Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
  • Michael Callaham (USA) Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
  • Margaret Winker (USA) Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
  • John Overbeke (Netherlands) Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
  • Farrokh Habibzadeh (Iran) Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
  • Lorraine Ferris (Canada) Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
  • Rod Rohrich (USA) Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
  • Christine Laine (USA) Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
  • Rob Siebers (New Zealand) Jan 2020 - June 2022
  • Rakesh Aggarwal (India) July 2022 - June 2024
  • Chris Zielenski (UK) July 2024- January 2026 [8]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". https://wame.org/aboutus. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Squires, Bruce; Fletcher, Suzanne (January–February 2005). "The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME): Thriving in Its First Decade". Science Editor 28 (1): 13–16. https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/wp-content/uploads/v28n1p013-016.pdf. Retrieved 2019-05-18. 
  3. ↑ Wager, Elizabeth (2005) (in en). Getting Research Published: An A to Z of Publication Strategy. Radcliffe Publishing. pp. 113. ISBN 9781857756876. https://books.google.com/books?id=QzpSjgsIZLUC&pg=PA113. 
  4. ↑ Weller, Ann C. (2001) (in en). Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses. Information Today, Inc.. pp. 14. ISBN 9781573871006. https://books.google.com/books?id=lH3DVnkbTFsC&pg=PA14. 
  5. ↑ "Launch of the World Association of Medical Editors" (in en). JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 273 (13): 981. 1995-04-05. doi:10.1001/jama.1995.03520370019006. ISSN 0098-7484. 
  6. ↑ Smith, R. (1995-03-25). "World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) launched" (in en). BMJ 310 (6982): 761–762. doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6982.761a. ISSN 0959-8138. 
  7. ↑ Ferris, Lorraine E.; Fletcher, Robert H. (2012-05-09). "Conflict of interest in Peer-Reviewed medical journals: The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) position on a challenging problem" (in en). Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy 2 (3): 188–191–191. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.07.03. ISSN 2223-3660. PMID 24282716. 
  8. ↑ "WAME History || WAME". https://www.wame.org/wame-history. 



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