World Association of Medical Editors
| Abbreviation | WAME |
|---|---|
| Formation | March 16, 1995 |
| Founded at | Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Medical Education |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
Region | International |
| Membership | 1,830 (2017[1]) |
President | Jose Florencio F. Lapeña |
Vice President | Rajeev Kumar |
Secretary | Jagdish Khubchandani |
Treasurer | Murad Alam |
| Omid Beiki, Edsel Ing | |
Key people | Margaret Winker, Lorraine Ferris, Ana Marušić, Peush Sahni |
| Volunteers | 15 |
| Website | wame |
The World Association of Medical Editors (abbreviated WAME, pronounced "whammy") is an international, virtual organization of editors of medical journals.[2][3] It was originally founded in 1995 by a group of members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), who had grown concerned that the ICMJE had become "too small, self-serving, and exclusive".[2][4] It was launched on March 16, 1995 in Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy, after a three-day conference to discuss ways to enable greater international cooperation between editors of medical journals. The conference was attended by twenty-two editors from thirteen countries, all funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.[5] One of those in attendance was Iain Chalmers.[6] Any editor of a peer-reviewed biomedical journal is eligible to join WAME.[7]
Past Presidents
- Richard Horton (United Kingdom) March 1995 - Nov 1996
- Drummond Rennie (USA) Dec 1997 - Dec 1999
- Fiona Godlee (United Kingdom) Jan 2000 - Dec 2001
- Ana Marusic (Croatia) Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
- Peush Sahni (India) Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
- Michael Callaham (USA) Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
- Margaret Winker (USA) Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
- John Overbeke (Netherlands) Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
- Farrokh Habibzadeh (Iran) Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
- Lorraine Ferris (Canada) Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
- Rod Rohrich (USA) Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
- Christine Laine (USA) Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
- Rob Siebers (New Zealand) Jan 2020 - June 2022
- Rakesh Aggarwal (India) July 2022 - June 2024
- Chris Zielenski (UK) July 2024- January 2026 [8]
References
- ^ "About Us". WAME. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ a b Squires, Bruce; Fletcher, Suzanne (January–February 2005). "The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME): Thriving in Its First Decade" (PDF). Science Editor. 28 (1): 13–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ Wager, Elizabeth (2005). Getting Research Published: An A to Z of Publication Strategy. Radcliffe Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 9781857756876.
- ^ Weller, Ann C. (2001). Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses. Information Today, Inc. p. 14. ISBN 9781573871006.
- ^ "Launch of the World Association of Medical Editors". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 273 (13): 981. 1995-04-05. doi:10.1001/jama.1995.03520370019006. ISSN 0098-7484.
- ^ Smith, R. (1995-03-25). "World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) launched". BMJ. 310 (6982): 761–762. doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6982.761a. ISSN 0959-8138. S2CID 75748830.
- ^ Ferris, Lorraine E.; Fletcher, Robert H. (2012-05-09). "Conflict of interest in Peer-Reviewed medical journals: The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) position on a challenging problem". Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 2 (3): 188–191–191. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.07.03. ISSN 2223-3660. PMC 3839187. PMID 24282716.
- ^ "WAME History || WAME". www.wame.org. Retrieved 2026-01-13.