EQUATOR News
09/01/2015 Pioneers of transparency in health researchThe BMJ has published a feature highlighting the key people involved in helping to bring about increased transparency
08/01/2015 What trials are really supposed to be – a succinct reminder from J. IoannidisIn his recent editorial for the BMJ John Ioannidis writes: “Trials should be properly randomized (currently more than half are not randomized at all) and use optimal study designs. They should ask key questions that matter to patients and the […]
07/01/2015 Guidelines for reporting multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis (TRIPOD) publishedThe TRIPOD (Transparent reporting of a multivariable prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis) Statement provides recommendations for the reporting of studies developing, validating, or updating a prediction model study
07/01/2015 PRISMA-P Statement for protocols publishedPRISMA-P an extension to the PRISMA Statement specifically for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols has recently been published in the journal Systematic Reviews.
19/12/2014 EQUATOR Network Newsletter December 2014The December 2014 issue of our newsletter is now available. Contents include
18/12/2014 Top websites sending users to EQUATOR resourcesUsing Google Analytics we have identified the top websites that sent most users to EQUATOR website resources in 2014
18/12/2014 Resource tiered reviews – a provisional reporting checklistThe African Journal of Emergency Medicine recently published an editorial proposing the introduction, to reports of systematic reviews, of different levels of best evidence specifically for resource-restricted settings
16/12/2014 EQUATOR Canada Centre launchedThe EQUATOR Canada Centre was officially launched on 16 October 2014 in Ottawa, Canada
25/11/2014 The first EQUATOR Reporting Guideline Development Meeting, 18-20 November 2014, OxfordMore than 20 contributors with a wealth of expertise, experience, and passionate commitment to the cause gathered in Oxford for the first EQUATOR Reporting Guideline Development Working Meeting. We discussed how the EQUATOR Network can move forward and take practical […]
12/11/2014 Journals and industry collaborate on new authorship framework to improve transparency of industry-sponsored researchThe Medical Publishing Insights and Practices Initiative (MPIP) has recently published the Five-step Authorship Framework to Improve Transparency in Disclosing Contributors to Industry-sponsored Trial Publications in BMC Medicine. MPIP, in collaboration with academic researchers, conducted a novel qualitative attitude study […]