An evaluation of reporting guidelines and clinical trial registry requirements among orthopaedic surgery journals

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2018, Pages e15-

  Checketts, Jake X ^a   Sims, Mathew T ^a   Detweiler, Byron ^a   Middlemist, Kevin ^a,b   Jones, Jaclyn ^a,b   Vassar, Matt ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; REGISTER;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 85051051717     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.17.00529     Document Type: Review

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