Endorsement of the CONSORT statement by high-impact medical journals in China: A survey of instructions for authors and published papers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Li, Xiao qian ^a   Tao, Kun ming ^b   Zhou, Qing hui ^a   Moher, David ^c   Chen, Hong yun ^a   Wang, Fu zhe ^a   Ling, Chang quan ^a,d  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863127187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030683     Document Type: Review

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