The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) has recently released recommendations on Publication Ethics Policies for medical journals so that the publication process is thorough, objective and fair. The detailed guidelines are available at http://wame.orgpubethicrecom.htm. The association suggests that these recommendations be the base on which individual journals make their guidelines. However, these principles should either be published or maintained on the website so as to be accessible to readers, authors and reviewers.