Useful Links
ICMJE Definition of Authorship
This site lists the criteria for authorship, including those that distinguish authors from other contributors.
Determining Author Order
Download a free tool to determine author order
ORCID Author Identification
Register on ORCID so your author name cannot be confused with a similar author name
The EQUATOR Network Author Toolkit and Reporting Guidelines
This website offers free access to reporting guidelines and author toolkits
Publication Ethics
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Publication Ethics: World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
Impactstory: Monitor the Impact of Publication
Understand alternative metrics and learn if your article is being discussed on social media. Register for free on Impactstory.
Training on the Editorial Manager® Electronic Submission Sites
Many Wolters Kluwer publications use Editorial Manager® from Aries. Author and Reviewer Tutorials are available as free word or PDF documents in Chinese, Japanese, German and English here.
For specific information on using Editorial Manager® when submitting to a Wolters Kluwer journal, click here.
Document It: Recording References as you Work
Document it is a referencing tool that works within Microsoft® Word as a macro. It can be used to record references as you write.
Checking References
CrossRef
You can paste your complete reference list into the search box on CrossRef's Simple Text Query page to obtain the DOIs and check that your references are valid. You can also lookup DOIs for free by accessing this link.
ReferenceChecker
Download a 10-day trial version of ReferenceChecker.
Biomedical Journal Reference Checker
Check the reference in PubMed's Single Citation Matcher and copy the PubMed citation into your document.
Checking DOIs
You can access a DOI Resolver here.
FileCleaner
Download the program FileCleaner free of charge to clean up an electronic manuscript for typesetting.
Statistics Calculators
Consult websites that calculate statistics here.
You can also download a free statistics calculator from StatPac.
Data Visualization
SYSTAT provides a 30-day free trial to SigmaPlot graphing software used to produce graphs and visualize data.
Information on Permission and Reuse from LWW
Organizations for Writers and Editors:
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
Council of Science Editors (CSE)
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)