Summary The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has sponsored many
developments in medical research reporting that have improved the quality of research …

Background: Free papers presented to the Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) were reviewed for the years 1994, 1995 and …

Improving the reporting of clinical research | British Journal of Surgery | Oxford Academic
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INTRODUCTION Guidance has been published on how best to report randomised
controlled trials (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials–CONSORT) and systematic …

In this era of high health care cost and limited research resources, open access to de-
identified clinical research study data may promote increased scientific transparency and …

140 Letters J Am Coll Surg principle of full public disclosure of clinical trials. It would be
helpful if Olga Jonasson could respond by referring to the policy of other journals or …

All major biomedical journals are examining their criteria for authorship. In our journal many
of the issues are outlined in the Instructions for Authors and are related to the ongoing …

Medical Publishing Series Jyoti Shah, Pippa Smart Series Editors E: jyoti. shah@ burtonft.
nhs. uk, pippa. smart@ gmail. com 'The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into …

Methods| Use of 5 open science practices in surgical journals and manuscripts was
measured: preprint publication before peerreviewed publication; use of EQUATOR Network …

Methods| We selected 2 high-impact general surgery journals, the Annals of Surgery and
JAMA Surgery (formerly Archives of Surgery). These monthly, general interest surgery …