Impact of the mandatory implementation of reporting guidelines on reporting quality in a surgical journal: A before and after study

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 169-172

  Agha, Riaz Ahmed ^a   Fowler, Alexander J ^b   Limb, Christopher ^c   Whitehurst, Katharine ^d   Coe, Robert ^e   Sagoo, Harkiran ^f   Jafree, Daniyal J ^d   Chandrakumar, Charmilie ^g   Gundogan, Buket ^d  

^a BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CONSORT; PRISMA; Reporting guidelines; Research; STROBE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84969785388     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.04.032     Document Type: Article

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