The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is seeking two new member journals to be represented by their editors-in-chief. Information about the ICMJE is available at www.icmje.org. The ICMJE anticipates selection of new members by November 1, 2009. Candidate journals should meet the following criteria:

• a peer-reviewed, general medical journal

• should represent geographic areas (Latin America, Asia, Africa) or publication models (open access) not well represented by current ICMJE members

• having an editor who is knowledgeable about publication ethics

• having an editor who expects to be in the position for at least three years.

To apply, editors-in-chief of interested journals should send electronic copies of the following to the ICMJE secretariat (Christine Laine at claine@acponline.org) by September 1:

• a brief curriculum vitae

• a description of the journal (age, sponsor/publisher, publishing model (subscription model, author pays, open access, etc.), target audience, circulation, number of manuscript submissions/year, description of the peer review process used to select material for publication, acceptance rate, bibliographical databases where indexed, website address if applicable, copy of guidelines for authors)

• a statement on why the journal/editor wants to be an ICMJE member (should not exceed 1000 words in length)

• some contact information.

The ICMJE-group