Results of a longitudinal study of rigorous manuscript submission guidelines designed to improve the quality of clinical research reporting in a peer-reviewed surgical journal

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Wynne, Kathryn E ^a   Simpson, B Joyce ^a   Berman, Loren ^a   Rangel, Shawn J ^b   Grosfeld, Jay L ^c   Moss, R Lawrence ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Guidelines; Observational studies; Peer review; Quality reporting; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSERVATION; PEDIATRICS; PEER REVIEW; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT; WRITING;

EID: 78751530628     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.077     Document Type: Article

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