A cross-sectional bibliometric study showed suboptimal journal endorsement rates of STROBE and its extensions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2019, Pages 42-50

  Sharp, Melissa K ^a,b,c   Tokalić, Ružica ^d   Gómez, Guadalupe ^e   Wager, Elizabeth ^d,f   Altman, Douglas G ^g   Hren, Darko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f Sideview   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic research design; Guidelines as topic; Information dissemination methods; Observational studies; Reporting guidelines; STROBE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDITOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; RANK SUM TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIBLIOMETRICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85057949462     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.11.006     Document Type: Article

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