ICMJE SEEKING TWO NEW MEMBER JOURNALS

Extended Deadline for Applications

Due to the small number of applicants and the ICMJE’s recent awareness that many journals interested in applying had not seen the initial announcement that was posted in late June 2009, the ICMJE has decided to extend the deadline for applications to November 30, 2009.

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is seeking two new member journals to be represented by their editors-in-chief. Information about the ICMJE is available at www.icmje.org. Candidate journals should meet the following criteria:

• peer reviewed, general medical journal
• represent geographic areas (Latin America, Asia, Africa) or publication models (open access) not well represented by current ICMJE members
• editor who is knowledgeable about publication ethics
• editor who expects to be in the position for at least 3 years

To apply, editors-in-chief of interested journals should send electronic copies of the following to the ICMJE secretariat (Christine Laine at claine{at}acponline.org) by November 30, 2009:

• brief Curriculum Vitae
• description of journal, including age, sponsor/publisher, publishing model (subscription model, author pays, open access, etc.), target audience, circulation, number of manuscript submissions per year, description of peer review process used to select material for publication, acceptance rate, bibliographical databases where indexed, Web site address if applicable, and copy of guidelines for authors
• statement on why the journal/editor wants to be an ICMJE member (should not exceed 1000 words in length)
• contact information