Do surgery journals insist on reporting by CONSORT and PRISMA? A follow-up survey of 'instructions to authors'

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-21

  Smith, Tanya A ^a   Kulatilake, Priyantha ^a   Brown, Lucy J ^b   Wigley, James ^c   Hameed, Waseem ^d   Shantikumar, Saran ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Conflict of interests; Editorial policies; Guidelines; Journalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION; CONSOLIDATED STANDARDS OF REPORTING TRIALS; DOCUMENTATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREFERRED REPORTING ITEMS FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION;

EID: 84922202922     PISSN: 20490801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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