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Personal Communication and Credit Lines.
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
Following the rationale that including a person’s name in an acknowledgment may imply endorsement of a manuscript’s content, citing an individual’s name in a personal communication citation may carry the same implication. The ICMJE recommends that authors who name an individual as a source for information in a personal communication, whether through conversation, telephone call, or a letter sent by electronic communication, obtain written permission from that individual to be named....View:
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