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      News at Biochemia Medica: Research integrity corner, updated Guidelines to authors, revised Author statement form and adopted ICMJE Conflict-of-interest form

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          From the issue 23( 1) we have implemented several major changes in the editorial policies and procedures. We hope that those changes will raise awareness of our potential authors and reviewers for research and publication integrity issues as well as to improve the quality of our submissions and published articles. Among those changes is the launch of a special journal section called Research Integrity Corner. In this section we aim to publish educational articles dealing with different research and publication misconduct issues. Moreover, we have done a comprehensive revision of our Instructions to authors. Whereas our former Instructions to authors have mostly been concerned with recommendations for manuscript preparation and submission, the revised document additionally describes the editorial procedure for all submitted articles and provides exact journal policies towards research integrity, authorship, copyright and conflict of interest. By putting these Guidelines into action, we hope that our main ethical policies and requirements are now visible and available to all our potential authors. We have also revised the former Authorship and copyright form which is now called the Author statement form. This form now contains statements on the authorship, originality of work, research ethics, patient privacy and confidentiality, and copyright transfer. Finally, Journal has adopted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. From this issue, for each submitted article, authors are requested to fill out the “ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest” as well as the Author statement form and upload those forms during the online manuscript submission process. We honestly believe that our authors and readers will appreciate such endeavors. In this Editorial article we briefly explain the background and the nature of those recent major editorial changes.

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          Journal
          Biochem Med (Zagreb)
          Biochem Med (Zagreb)
          Biochemia Medica
          Biochemia Medica
          Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
          1330-0962
          1846-7482
          15 February 2013
          February 2013
          : 23
          : 1
          : 5-6
          Affiliations
          Editor-in-chief, Biochemia Medica, Zagreb, Croatia
          Article
          biochem_med-23-1-5-1
          10.11613/BM.2013.001
          3900092
          23457759
          51e18007-a097-418b-a6a9-228632ed0b15
          ©Copyright by Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

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          scientific misconduct,plagiarism,editorial policies
          scientific misconduct, plagiarism, editorial policies

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