Survey of “instructions to authors” of Indian medical journals for reporting of ethics and authorship criteria

A Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Humanities. Published since 1993 by Forum for Medical Ethics Society.
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ISSN: 0975-5691 (Online); 0974-8466 (Print) RNI Reg No. MAHENG/2016/67188


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1.	Title	Title of document	Survey of “instructions to authors” of Indian medical journals for reporting of ethics and authorship criteria

2.	Creator	Author's name, affiliation, country	Jaykaran -; Government. Medical College, Surat 395 001; IN

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4.	Description	Abstract	This study looked at information on ethics reporting and authorship in the “instructions to authors” section of Indian medical journals. Instructions to authors in 59 Indian medical journals were examined for guidance on ethics reporting and authorship.Guidance regarding ethics was mentioned in 43 (72.8%) journals; assent from minors was mentioned in 9 (15.2%) journals; approval from an animal ethics committee was mentioned in 10 (16.9%) journals; authorship criteria were mentioned in 38 (64.5%) journals. Authorship criteria according to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors were mentioned in 35 (59.3%) journals.

5.	Publisher	Organizing agency, location	Forum for Medical Ethics Society

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7.	Date	(YYYY-MM-DD)	2016-11-30

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9.	Format	File format	HTML , PDF

10.	Identifier	Uniform Resource Identifier	https://ijme.in/articles/survey-of-instructions-to-authors-of-indian-medical-journals-for-reporting-of-ethics-and-authorship-criteria/

11.	Source	Title; vol., no. (year)	Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: Standing together

12.	Language	English=en	en

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