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...periodically by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (the Vancouver Group),1 In 1966, the Vancouver Group devised specific guidelines for...take public responsibility for the content. "* These guideline* also required authors to include specific information in their cover letters about possible...

...four duplicates with a cover letter (signed by all authors) including: "I (we) certify that I (we) have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the appropriateness of the experimental design and method, and the collection, analysis, and interpretation...

...Manuscripts to Biomedical Journals1 when it is next revised. GUIDELINES ON AUTHORSHIP Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. This participation must include: (a) conception or design, or analysis and interpretation of data,...

...authorship. The order of authorship should be a joint decision of the coauthors. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to (a) conception and design, or...

...page. Authorship All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to (1) conception and design, or...

...Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" (1991). These criteria are as follows: Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to a) conception and design, or...

...authorship. The order of authorship should be a joint decision of the co-authors. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to 1 . conception and design, or...

...Group of editors: 'All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to: a conception and design, or...

...1999). INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF MEDICAL JOURNAL EDITORS Guidelines on Authorship 1. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Participation must include: (a) conception or design, or analysis and interpretation of data, or both;...