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Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BACKGROUND: Enormous number of medical journals published around the globe requires standardization of editing practice. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article was to enlist main principles of editing biomedical scientific journals adopted at annual meeting of Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia &...

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Autores principales: Masic, Izet, Jankovic, Slobodan M., Kurjak, Asim, Donev, Doncho M., Zildzic, Muharem, Sinanovic, Osman, Hozo, Izet, Milicevic, Snjezana, Hasukic, Sefik, Mujanovic, Emir, Arnautovic, Kenan, Trnacevic, Senaid, Mesic, Enisa, Biscevic, Mirza, Sefic, Mustafa, Gerc, Vjekoslav, Kucukalic, Abdulah, Hrgovic, Zlatko, Bergsland, Jacob, Grujic, Mirko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academy of Medical sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33627922
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2020.28.232-236
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author Masic, Izet
Jankovic, Slobodan M.
Kurjak, Asim
Donev, Doncho M.
Zildzic, Muharem
Sinanovic, Osman
Hozo, Izet
Milicevic, Snjezana
Hasukic, Sefik
Mujanovic, Emir
Arnautovic, Kenan
Trnacevic, Senaid
Mesic, Enisa
Biscevic, Mirza
Sefic, Mustafa
Gerc, Vjekoslav
Kucukalic, Abdulah
Hrgovic, Zlatko
Bergsland, Jacob
Grujic, Mirko
author_facet Masic, Izet
Jankovic, Slobodan M.
Kurjak, Asim
Donev, Doncho M.
Zildzic, Muharem
Sinanovic, Osman
Hozo, Izet
Milicevic, Snjezana
Hasukic, Sefik
Mujanovic, Emir
Arnautovic, Kenan
Trnacevic, Senaid
Mesic, Enisa
Biscevic, Mirza
Sefic, Mustafa
Gerc, Vjekoslav
Kucukalic, Abdulah
Hrgovic, Zlatko
Bergsland, Jacob
Grujic, Mirko
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description BACKGROUND: Enormous number of medical journals published around the globe requires standardization of editing practice. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article was to enlist main principles of editing biomedical scientific journals adopted at annual meeting of Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia & Herzegovina (AMSB&H). METHODS: The evidence for writing this Guideline was systematically searched for during September 2020 in the PUBMED and GOOGLE SCHOLAR databases. The inclusion criteria were: original studies, systematic reviews, invited expert opinions, guidelines and editorials. The exclusion criteria were narrative reviews and uninvited opinion articles. The retrieved evidence was analyzed by members of the AMSB&H, then discussed at 2020 annual meeting of the AMSB&H and adopted by nominal group technique. RESULTS: In total 14 recommendations were made, based on A to C class of evidence. The editors should educate potential authors and instruct them how to structure their manuscript, how to write every segment of the manuscript, and take care about correct use of statistical tests. Plagiarism detection softwares should be used regularly, and statistical and technical editing should be rigorous and thorough. International standards of reporting specific types of studies should be followed, and principles of ethical and responsible behavior of editors, reviewers and authors should be published on the journal’s web site. The editors should insist on registration of clinical studies before submission, and check whether non-essential personal information is removed from the articles; when essential personal information has to be included, an article should not be published without signed informed consent by the patient to whom these information relate. CONCLUSIONS: Principles of editing biomedical scientific journals recommended in this guideline should serve as one of the means of improving medical journals’ quality.
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spelling pubmed-78794452021-02-23 Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina Masic, Izet Jankovic, Slobodan M. Kurjak, Asim Donev, Doncho M. Zildzic, Muharem Sinanovic, Osman Hozo, Izet Milicevic, Snjezana Hasukic, Sefik Mujanovic, Emir Arnautovic, Kenan Trnacevic, Senaid Mesic, Enisa Biscevic, Mirza Sefic, Mustafa Gerc, Vjekoslav Kucukalic, Abdulah Hrgovic, Zlatko Bergsland, Jacob Grujic, Mirko Acta Inform Med Editorial BACKGROUND: Enormous number of medical journals published around the globe requires standardization of editing practice. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article was to enlist main principles of editing biomedical scientific journals adopted at annual meeting of Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia & Herzegovina (AMSB&H). METHODS: The evidence for writing this Guideline was systematically searched for during September 2020 in the PUBMED and GOOGLE SCHOLAR databases. The inclusion criteria were: original studies, systematic reviews, invited expert opinions, guidelines and editorials. The exclusion criteria were narrative reviews and uninvited opinion articles. The retrieved evidence was analyzed by members of the AMSB&H, then discussed at 2020 annual meeting of the AMSB&H and adopted by nominal group technique. RESULTS: In total 14 recommendations were made, based on A to C class of evidence. The editors should educate potential authors and instruct them how to structure their manuscript, how to write every segment of the manuscript, and take care about correct use of statistical tests. Plagiarism detection softwares should be used regularly, and statistical and technical editing should be rigorous and thorough. International standards of reporting specific types of studies should be followed, and principles of ethical and responsible behavior of editors, reviewers and authors should be published on the journal’s web site. The editors should insist on registration of clinical studies before submission, and check whether non-essential personal information is removed from the articles; when essential personal information has to be included, an article should not be published without signed informed consent by the patient to whom these information relate. CONCLUSIONS: Principles of editing biomedical scientific journals recommended in this guideline should serve as one of the means of improving medical journals’ quality. Academy of Medical sciences 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7879445/ /pubmed/33627922 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2020.28.232-236 Text en © 2020 Izet Masic, Slobodan M. Jankovic, Asim Kurjak, Doncho M. Donev, Muharem Zildzic, Osman Sinanovic, Izet Hozo, Snjezana Milicevic, Sefik Hasukic, Emir Mujanovic, Kenan Arnautovic, Senaid Trnacevic, Enisa Mesic, Mirza Biscevic, Mustafa Sefic, Vjekoslav Gerc, Abdulah Kucukalic, Zlatko Hrgovic, Jacob Bergsland, Mirko Grujic http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Editorial
Masic, Izet
Jankovic, Slobodan M.
Kurjak, Asim
Donev, Doncho M.
Zildzic, Muharem
Sinanovic, Osman
Hozo, Izet
Milicevic, Snjezana
Hasukic, Sefik
Mujanovic, Emir
Arnautovic, Kenan
Trnacevic, Senaid
Mesic, Enisa
Biscevic, Mirza
Sefic, Mustafa
Gerc, Vjekoslav
Kucukalic, Abdulah
Hrgovic, Zlatko
Bergsland, Jacob
Grujic, Mirko
Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Guidelines for Editing Biomedical Journals: Recommended by Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort guidelines for editing biomedical journals: recommended by academy of medical sciences of bosnia and herzegovina
topic Editorial
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33627922
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2020.28.232-236
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