2013 Volume 56 Issue 6 Pages 363-373
The Japanese Association of Medical Journal Editors (JAMJE) consists of medical journal editors from the 112 specialist medical societies comprising the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences (JAMS). In the 2008 inaugural meeting, JAMJE set out four objectives of its activity: defending medical journals' and their editors' freedoms and rights; enhancing medical journal quality; developing publication ethics; and building international partnership. The association drafted a publication guideline which responds to the objectives. The guideline incorporates what the "Policy statements" and the "Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors" of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) cover, with Japan's local conditions reflected. It has four chapters corresponding to the JAMJE's objectives.
