ICMJE Guidelines for Writing a Medical Research Paper

Medical researchers often wonder whether their studies have been conducted, described and reported in accordance with best practices and ethical standards in medicine. With acceptance rates for medical journals ranging from as low as 5 to 25%, researchers need to ensure that they report findings that are accurate, reproducible, unbiased, and reliable.  To encourage high-quality writing and reporting, several medical and allied sciences journals recommend the use of ICMJE guidelines. These guidelines provide useful insights to improve the quality, timeliness, completeness, and transparency of medical manuscripts. Enago’s next webinar will focus on providing effective tips for preparing an impressive medical manuscript in line with the ICMJE recommendations. It will focus on assisting researchers to decode the ICMJE guidelines and key ethical issues that authors must consider before submitting a manuscript to highly-cited, top-notch medical journals.

Through this session, researchers will have an improved understanding of the following:

• Importance of international guidelines and recommendations
• Introduction to international guidelines for medical writing – ICMJE, WAME, COPE, EQUATOR Network
• ICMJE rules for manuscript preparation and submission
• ICMJE recommendations for authorship
• Publication ethics by ICJME