About the Authors
- Darren B. Taichman
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* E-mail: DTaichman@mail.acponline.org
Affiliation Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
- Joyce Backus
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Affiliation Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine
- Christopher Baethge
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Affiliation Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal)
- Howard Bauchner
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Affiliation Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network
- Peter W. de Leeuw
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Affiliation Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal)
- Jeffrey M. Drazen
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Affiliation Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
- John Fletcher
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Affiliation Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Frank A. Frizelle
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Affiliation Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal
- Trish Groves
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Affiliation Head of Research, British Medical Journal
- Abraham Haileamlak
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Affiliation Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
- Astrid James
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Affiliation Deputy Editor, The Lancet
- Christine Laine
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Affiliation Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine
- Larry Peiperl
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Affiliation Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine
- Anja Pinborg
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Affiliation Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal)
- Peush Sahni
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Affiliation Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors
- Sinan Wu
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Affiliation Representative, Chinese Medical Journal
Competing Interests
DBT is an employee of the Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians. JB is Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine. CB is an employee of Deutsches Ärzteblatt, a medical journal that publishes clinical trials. JMD is employed by the New England Journal of Medicine as Editor-in-Chief. JF is employed by the Canadian Medical Association as the Editor-in-Chief of the Association's journal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal. FAF is Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and an author of research. AH is a member of the ICMJE, editor of Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences and an employee of Jimma University. CL is employed as the Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine and Senior Vice President, American College of Physicians. As Chief Editor of PLOS Medicine LP receives a salary and benefits from Public Library of Science, a nonprofit publisher and advocate of Open Access research. In 2015 he received travel reimbursement from WHO to attend the World Health Organization Consultation on Data and Results Sharing during Public Health Emergencies. AP is an employee of Danish Medical Journal (Ugeskrift for Læger), a medical journal that publishes clinical trials. HB, PWdL, TG, AJ, PS, and SW have declared no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DBT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DBT JB CB HB PWdL JMD JF FAF TG AH AJ CL LP AP PS SW. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: DBT JB CB HB PWdL JMD JF FAF TG AH AJ CL LP AP PS SW.