In today’s Lancet, the INTERHEART study investigators report a well-coordinated study of
risk factors for myocardial infarction in multiple populations. They present hazard ratios and …

We believe that a sponsor should have the right to review a manuscript for a defined period (eg,
30 to 60 days) before publication to allow for the filing of additional patent protection, if …

Comment of 20 items (table). The WHO-mandated items collectively address every key
requirement that we established in our September, 2004, editorial. The ICMJE supports the WHO …

Comment 1910 www. thelancet. com Vol 369 June 9, 2007 require registration, and the
registration of trial results. As is always the case, the ICMJE establishes policy only for the 12 …

Disclosure of financial associations of authors of articles published in biomedical journals has
become common practice. The information provided in these disclosures helps the reader …

THE GREAT VARIABILITY IN THE PROCESSES THAT DIF-ferent journals use to ask about
and report au-thors’ potential conflicts of interest creates confusion for authors, readers, and …

Methods In the first phase of the study, the authors obtained information from NLM's List of
Journals Indexed< ftp://nlmpubs. nlm. nih. gov/online/journals/lsiweb. pdf> to identify those …

The keystone of the scientific method is solid experimental design and reproducible results.
The publishing of findings advances knowledge and establishes the basis for further …

Objective: The paper identifies the relative amount of research devoted to non-communicable
disease in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Design: A bibliometric analysis of a …

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