We invite editors to read the resources categorizes as follows. Most of the resources are from the World Association of Medical Editors, which we assume can serve for non-medical journals too.
MoSHE Directive, Guideline, and Checklist for Journals
Directive for Nat Journ Eval & Accred – MoSH
Guideline for Journal Evaluation – MoSHE
Checklist for Journals Applying for Accreditation
Ethics and Professionalism
- Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
- Professionalism Code of Conduct for Medical Journal Editors
- Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals
- The Relationship Between Journal Editors-in-Chief and Owners (formerly titled Editorial Independence)
- COPE Publication Ethics Flowcharts
- EQUATOR reporting guidelines
- ICMJE
Conflicts of Interest
- Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
- WAME Editorial: Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals: The World Association of Medical Editors Position on a Challenging Problem
- COPE Publication Ethics Flowcharts
- EQUATOR reporting guidelines
- ICMJE
Authors
- Ghost Writing Initiated by Commercial Companies
- Identifying Predatory or Pseudo-Journals
- EQUATOR reporting guidelines
- ICMJE
Peer Review
- Wiley. How to Peer Review? https://authorservices.wiley.com/Reviewers/journal-reviewers/how-to-perform-a-peer-review/index.html
- FAME peer review guideline
- Impact Factor
- Peer Reviewer Selection and Contact to Prevent Peer Review Manipulation by Authors
- The Registration of Clinical Trials
- EQUATOR reporting guidelines
- ICMJE
- INASP
Policy Archives
The following policies have been incorporated into subsequent policies.
- Federal democratic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Directive on Establishing and Implementing a National system of Journal Evaluation and Accreditation. September 2019
- Federal democratic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Guideline for Evaluation of Journals published in Ethiopia. September 2019
- Free Journal Access for Poor Nations, superseded by Promoting Global Health
- The Responsibilities of Medical Editors, superseded by Professionalism Code of Conduct
