EQUATOR News
08/11/2013 The latest PAHO research newsletter highlights EQUATOR plans to engage librariansThe EQUATOR Network aims to develop more specialised resources to help librarians/information specialists to raise awareness about reporting guidelines. Recently, PAHO country office librarians under the PAHO HQ library joined a virtual session where the initiative “Improving research reporting in […]
08/11/2013 A new repository of ongoing training opportunities for authors, reviewers and editorsA Repository of Ongoing Training Opportunities is available on the WAME website. It includes a list of ongoing training opportunities for authors of peer-reviewed scientific publications, manuscript peer reviewers, and editors of scientific journals. The repository was developed as part […]
05/11/2013 EQUATOR workshop for WHO staff in GenevaOn 31 October 2013 Professor Doug Altman and Dr Iveta Simera were delighted to run the EQUATOR workshop at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Over 40 people attended the workshop that focused on “Reporting guidelines: Can their use make the […]
23/10/2013 BJOG joins journals in supporting the “Declaration of Transparency”BJOG has introduced the requirement for authors to adhere to the declaration of transparency, that was recently published in a BMJ editorial, by introducing a new field within their submission form. The journal will also be highlighting this requirement within […]
09/10/2013 The Checklist Manifesto Meets Clinical TrialsA new Scientific American blog highlights the importance of the SPIRIT ((Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) Statement – guidance for preparing protocols of clinical trials.
09/10/2013 Publicly available sources provide insufficient information on patient-relevant outcomes of clinical trialsBeate Wieseler and her colleagues compared the information available in unpublished 101 clinical study reports (CSRs) with information presented in publically available sources for these trials. The CSRs provided complete information on a considerably higher proportion of outcomes (86%) than […]
01/10/2013 New EASE Science Editors’ Handbook publishedThe EASE handbook contains a chapter introducing reporting guidelines and discussing the practical aspects of implementing the use of reporting guidelines within journals. Resources: European Association of Science Editors (EASE) website EQUATOR Network toolkit for editors EASE handbook reporting guidelines […]
20/09/2013 Clinical Trials 2013 – 2014A new report published (PDF) on 17 September by the UK Science and Technology Committee asks the UK Government to enhance its effort to increase transparency of clinical trials. The report focuses on different levels of trial transparency and provides […]
29/08/2013 The New ICMJE RecommendationsThe International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has updated and renamed its “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” that standardise the approach for preparation of manuscripts and that are followed by the majority of biomedical journals. The […]
28/08/2013 Better Reporting of Scientific Studies: Why It MattersTo coincide with the Seventh International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication to be held in Chicago from September 8 to 10, 2013, PLOS Medicine is launching a new Reporting Guidelines Collection, an open access collection of reporting guidelines, […]