Three recommended inclusive language guidelines for scholarly publishing: Words matter

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Key points Inclusive language will make scholarly publishing more accurate and more respectful, and it has the potential to help authors reach a wider audience. JAMA and the JAMA Network journals, the American Chemical Society and the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications have free guides on inclusive language, formatting and images. The guides provide principles and rationale, as well as examples of preferred language, in order to equip people with knowledge to choose the most inclusive words even as terminology preferences change.