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Instructions for Authors

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases:
Journal of the COPD Foundation Policies

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Resources for Authors:

Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
www.icmje.org

Journals Referenced in the National Center for Biotechnology Information Databases
National Library of Medicine
(for abbreviating journal titles in references)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals/

Submitting Gene Expression Omnibus Data
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/info/submission.html

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement:
http://www.consort-statement.org/

Declaration of Helsinki from the World Medical Association full recommendations:
https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/

Animal Welfare guidelines/documents from the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Animal Welfare:
https://olaw.nih.gov/

Misconduct in research allegation guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Research Integrity:
https://ori.hhs.gov/

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Tina Watson, Editorial Assistant
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation
By email at JCOPDF@COPDFOUNDATION.ORG
or by telephone at 1-866-731-2673 x 381