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Selected resources for authors, reviewers and editors. These links are supplied for reference and educational purposes only; they do not indicate that NOFOR is indexed in, accredited by, or affiliated with the listed organizations.

1. Publication Ethics and Editorial Standards

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) – Recommendations (2026) — Medical journal authorship, editorial responsibilities and reporting standards.

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) — Publication ethics guidance, case discussions and editorial resources.

COPE – Core Practices — Core principles of ethical journal publishing.

World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) — Editorial policies and resources for medical journal editors.

Council of Science Editors (CSE) — Editorial practices and publication integrity resources.

European Association of Science Editors (EASE) — Guidance for science editors and authors.

US Office of Research Integrity (ORI) — Research integrity and misconduct resources.

World Medical Association – Declaration of Helsinki (2024) — Ethical principles for medical research involving human participants.

ICMJE Disclosure of Interest — Disclosure guidance and forms for potential conflicts of interest.

2. Research Reporting Guidelines

EQUATOR Network — Library of health research reporting guidelines.

CONSORT 2025 / SPIRIT 2025 — Reporting randomized trials and their protocols.

STROBE — Reporting observational studies.

PRISMA 2020 — Reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

STARD — Reporting diagnostic accuracy studies.

CARE Case Report Guidelines — Reporting clinical case reports.

ARRIVE Guidelines — Reporting in vivo animal research.

3. Research Ethics and Clinical Trial Registration

ClinicalTrials.gov — Clinical study registry and results database.

WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) — International clinical trial registration search and resources.

European Union Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) — Current EU clinical trial information portal.

EU Clinical Trials Register – Historical Records — Historical EU clinical trial records.

International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) — Clinical study registration.

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) — Australian and New Zealand trial registration.

Research with Human Participants (OMON, Netherlands) — Dutch human research and historical trial information.

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NRC) — Laboratory animal welfare reference.

4. Academic Databases and Scholarly Discovery

PubMed — Biomedical literature search.

Google Scholar — Multidisciplinary scholarly search.

TR Dizin — Turkish national academic journal database.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — Directory of peer-reviewed open-access journals.

Scopus — Scholarly abstracts and citation database.

Web of Science — Citation indexing and research discovery.

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports — Journal-level bibliometric reports.

Embase — Biomedical and pharmacological literature database.

5. Research Identifiers, References and Publishing Tools

ORCID — Persistent identifiers for researchers.

Research Organization Registry (ROR) — Persistent identifiers for research organizations.

Crossref — DOI registration and scholarly metadata.

CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy — Standardized research contribution roles.

National Library of Medicine – Citing Medicine — Bibliographic citation guidance.

NLM Catalog — Journal titles and standard abbreviations.

iThenticate — Similarity screening information.

6. Forensic Science and Medico-Legal Resources

European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) — Forensic laboratory cooperation, working groups and best practices.

NIST – Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) — Forensic science standards development and implementation.

NIST – Forensic Science Standards Library — Searchable library of forensic science standards.

American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) — Professional resources for forensic science disciplines.

Note: External websites, services, content and availability are controlled by their respective organizations. Please consult the original source for the most recent guidance.