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