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Editing Resources

Resources for Medical Editors

http://www.wame.org/resources

Resources for Medical Editors
Policy Statements Prepared by the WAME Editorial Policy Committee
Resources for Editors from Sources Other Than WAME Prepared by the Editorial Policy, Education, and Web Committees
Syllabus for Prospective and Newly Appointed Editors Prepared by the WAME Education Committee
Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals Prepared by the WAME Publication Ethics Committee
Ethics Resources Prepared by the WAME Publication Ethics Committee
WAME Listserve Discussions Lightly edited compilations of listserve discussions by WAME Members
Organizations and Journals Supporting the Statement on Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions

Resources for Editors from Sources Other Than WAME

Prepared by the Editorial Policy, Education, and Web Committees

Updated August 14, 2009

This is not intended to be a complete list. If you have additional suggestions for this list, please contact Margaret Winker.

  • Policies of Related Organizations
  • Selected Books and Web Sites
  • Journal-Based Resources
    • Authorship
    • Media
    • Peer Review and Editing
    • Publication
    • Publication Ethics
    • Relationships with Industry/Advertising
    • Research Design and Statistics for Editors
    • Style and Format
  • Ethics Web Resources
  • Peer Reviewer Instructional Guide
  • Journal Instructions for Authors
  • Other Organizations for Editors


Policies of Related Organizations

For WAME Policy Statements, see http://www.wame.org/resources/policies/

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Council of Science Ediors
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Office of Research Integrity

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Guidelines on good publication practice

Council of Science Editors

http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/services/draft_approved.cfm

Policy on Responsibilities and Rights of Editors of Peer-Reviewed Journals

Policy on Journal Access to Scientific Data

Policy of Journal Referral of Possible Misconduct

Conflicts of Interest and the Peer Review Process

Relations between Editors and their Publishing or Sponsoring Societies – Responsibilities and Rights of Peer Reviewers

ICMJE

Uniform requirements for submission of medical manuscripts

Update on Trials Registration: October 2004

ICMJE Translations
Note: The ICMJE and WAME do not assume responsibility for the accuracy of translations.

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
(Korean, 2006 edition)

Comité Internacional de Editores de Revistas Médicas
Requisitos Uniformes para los Manuscritos Enviados a Revisitas Biomédicas: Redacción y Edición para Publicación Biomédica (Spanish, 2003 edition) PDF
Requisitos Uniformes para los Manuscritos Enviados a las Revistas Biomédicas: Muestra de Referencias (Spanish, 2003 edition) PDF
English version appears at www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html

Requisitos uniformes para originais submetidos a revistas biomédicas
(Portugese, 2003 edition)

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
(Chinese, 2000 edition)

Exigences uniformes pour les manuscrits présentés aux revues biomédicales
(French, 2000 edition)

International committee of medical journal editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (Russian, 1997 edition)

Office of Research Integrity

Handling Misconduct

Working Definition of Plagiarism

Analysis of Institutional Policies for Responding to Allegations of Scientific Misconduct

Copyediting‘s recommended resources for editors

Editors’ Organizations

Associations and societies for editors

  • American Copy Editors Society

A professional organization of copyeditors (mostly those who work for news organizations), dedicated to improving the quality of journalism and the working lives of journalists. Its stated purpose is “to educate our members–and others in the news business–in ways of improving the standards of copy editing and increasing the value the news industry places on our craft.”

  • Bay Area Editors’ Forum

The Bay Area Editors’ Forum is an association of in-house and freelance editors from a variety of publishing and publications settings, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It acts as a job clearinghouse, and provides useful documents that describe what editors do.

  • Editors’ Association of Canada

A nationwide association for editors working in Canada. From its Web site: “We can put you in touch with 1,800 other editors across the country, offer you discounts on training opportunities and resources, help you connect with clients and employers, and give you opportunities to develop your skills.” It offers a full certification in copyediting and proofreading.

  • Editorial Freelancers Association

The Web site of this New York-based organization, which merged in 2000 with the Freelance Editorial Association, includes job listings and fee guidelines for freelancers.

  • San Diego Professional Editors Network

San Diego/PEN hosts meetings for members on editorial topics and connects those offering editing and writing services with potential clients.

Groups, Forums, and E-mail lists

Ways for copyeditors to talk with each other by e-mail or on the Web

  • alt.usage.english FAQ

Frequently asked questions (and answers) from the newsgroup alt.usage.english.

  • Copyediting-L Archives

The archives of the busy mailing list copyediting-L, dedicated to discussions of copyediting issues.

  • STET: Professional Copy Editors

A discussion group on the social-networking site Linked In.

  • Testy Copy Editors

A forum moderated by Phillip Blanchard, oriented to newspaper copyeditors. In addition to issues of style and usage, workplace issued are discussed.

Online Dictionaries and Other Reference Works

A selection of general and special-subject dictionaries available online

  • Dictionary.com

Free online dictionary and thesaurus. The site licenses Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary and The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition.

  • Double-Tongued Dictionary

The Double-Tongued Dictionary site is maintained by the lexicographer Grant Barrett, who focuses on slang, jargon, and new words.

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica

Short articles in this revered encyclopedia can be accessed free; longer articles are available by subscription only.

  • Encyclopedia.com

A free site that combines Columbia and Oxford titles with lesser-known ones.

  • Merriam-Webster’s Online Resources

A searchable database of entries in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition. For the current (11th) edition, you must pay for a subscription. Search a thesaurus, a Spanish-English dictionary, and a medical dictionary here, too.

  • Oxford English Dictionary News

A newsletter about The Oxford English Dictionary. Access to the online edition of the dictionary itself, which includes updates from the 3rd edition as it is being compiled, is by subscription only. Check your local library to see whether it has access.

  • Wordnik.com

A new site currently in development, offering a mix of traditional definitions (from The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition), examples culled from the Web, and a wiki.

  • yourDictionary.com

Links to more than 500 dictionaries in more than 140 languages. The site licenses Webster’s New World dictionary, and is a good source of special-subject lexicons.

Online Manuals and Guides to Style and Grammar

Official sites of well-known resources, plus some less famous favorites

  • The AMA Manual of Style

The 10th edition of the chief resource for medical editors, The AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors, is available online by subscription.

  • The Associated Press Stylebook

The Associated Press Stylebook is available online by subscription. Subscribers receive e-mails when the style is updated, and can customize the Stylebook to create their own online style manual.

  • Chicago Manual of Style FAQ

Questions and answers about the most widely used style manual in North America. The Q & A archive is also integrated into The Chicago Manual of Style Online, available only to subscribers.

  • Grammar and Style Notes

Advice on grammar and style from Jack Lynch, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University. The advice leans toward the cautious (see the entry on split infinitives), but the explanations are straightforward and easy to understand.

  • The Gregg Reference Manual

The Gregg Reference Manual contains advice for business writers and a helpful glossary of grammatical terms. The 10th edition is available online by subscription.

  • Reseach and Documentation Online

Author Diana Hacker gives four styles of documentation—humanities, social sciences, history, and science—on one site.

  • The USGPO Manual

The U.S. Government Printing Office Manual of Style is available free as unformatted text or in PDFs.

Favorite Resources

A selection of reliable resources to bookmark for fact checking

  • The CIA World Factbook

Overviews of most of the pertinent facts about countries of the world, updated frequently.

  • The Copyeditor’s Knowledge Base

Great advice for freelancers from Katharine O’Moore-Klopf.

  • The CSE Resources Page

This page on the site maintained by the Council of Science Editors has links to favorite resources.

  • The INTA Trademark Checklist

An alphabetical list of about 3,000 trademarks, provided by the International Trademark Association.

  • The Newsroom Navigator

The New York Times “Newsroom Navigator” is an extensive list of resources for reporters and editors, including many that are useful for fact checking.

  • Word Court

Submit your questions to Barbara Wallraff, syndicated columnist, author, and editor emeritus of Copyediting newsletter.

Blogs

Favorite blogs by copyeditors, language mavens, and linguists

  • The Columbia Journalism Review’s Language Corner

Now a blog written by Merrill Perlman, former chief of copy desks for The New York Times. Archives of past Language Corner articles are here, too.

  • Language Log

Keep up with what the linguists are arguing about on this blog that’s nothing if not opinionated.

  • The Slot

The blog begun by Bill Walsh, national desk copy chief at The Washington Post, back before the rest of us knew what a blog was. Walsh is the author of The Elephants of Style and Lapsing into a Comma.

  • You Don’t Say

The blog begun by John McIntyre when he was copy desk chief at The Baltimore Sun, now at Blogspot (and now featuring the serial comma).

Training for Copyeditors

Courses and programs for professional development

  • Copyediting certification at UCSD Extension

University of California, San Diego – Extension offers a copyediting certificate program that can be completed online in 12 to 15 months of part-time study.

Societies

Societies dedicated to subjects of interest to language lovers

  • American Dialect Society

Founded in 1889, the American Dialect Society is dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it.

  • Dictionary Society of North America

The Dictionary Society of North America was formed in 1975 to bring together people interested in dictionary making, study, collection, and use. Its more than 400 members who live in 40 countries around the world include people working on dictionaries, academics who engage in research and writing about dictionaries, dictionary collectors, librarians, booksellers, translators, linguists, publishers, writers, collectors, journalists, and people with an avocational interest in dictionaries.

  • Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature

SPELL is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the preservation of the English language. SPELL members receive the bimonthly newsletter SPELL/Binder.

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