Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 743-749.e4 , December 2006

The Content of Medical Journal Instructions for Authors

Presented at the 5th International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, Chicago, IL, September 16-18, 2005. Study 1 was presented orally and Study 2 as a poster.

  • David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, UK.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David L. Schriger, MD, MPH, 924 Westwood Blvd. # 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2924; 310-794-0593, fax 310-794-0599.
    • ,
  • Sanjay Arora, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Douglas G. Altman, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, UK.

Received 23 January 2006 ,Revised 17 March 2006 ,Accepted 20 March 2006.

References 

  1. Moher D, Schulz KF, Altman DG CONSORT Group. The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomised trials. Lancet. 2001;357:1191–1194
  2. Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, et al. Standards for reporting of diagnostic accuracy: towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative: Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. Clin Chem. 2003;49:1–6
  3. Moher D, Cook DJ, Eastwood S, et al. Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement: quality of reporting of meta-analyses. Lancet. 1999;354:1896–1900
  4. Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting: Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA. 2000;283:2008–2012
  5. Horton R. The Dawn of McScience. New York, NY: Rev Books; 2004;7-9
  6. Smith R. Medical journals are an extension of the marketing arm of pharmaceutical companies. PLoS Med. 2005;2:e138
  7. Chalmers I, Matthews R. What are the implications of optimism bias in clinical research?. Lancet. 2006;367:449–450
  8. Plint AC, Moher D, Schulz K, et al. Does the CONSORT checklist improve the quality of reports of randomized controlled trials? (a systematic review). 2005;Presented at the Fifth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, Chicago, IL, September 16-18
  9. Moher D, Jones A, Lepage L CONSORT Group (Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials). Use of the CONSORT statement and quality of reports of randomized trials: a comparative before-and-after evaluation. JAMA. 2001;285:1992–1995
  10. Thomson Scientific. The ISI impact factor. 2006;Available at: http://scientific.thomson.com/free/essays/journalcitationreports/impactfactor. Accessed March 11
  11. Altman DG. Endorsement of the CONSORT statement by high impact medical journals: survey of instructions for authors. BMJ. 2005;330:1056–1057
  12. Garfield E. The history and meaning of the journal impact factor. JAMA. 2006;295:90–93
  13. Lang TA, Secic M. How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers. Philadelphia, PA: American Collage of Physicians; 1997;
  14. Altman DG, Gore SM, Gardner MJ, et al. Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals. In:  Altman DG,  Machin D,  Bryant TN editor. Statistics with Confidence: Confidence Intervals and Statistical Guidelines. London: BMJ Books; 2000;p. 171–190[Originally published in BMJ 1983. Available online at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/BPL_Images/Content_store/Sample_chapter/0727913751/0727913751.pdf].
  15. Bailar JC, Mosteller F. Guidelines for statistical reporting in articles for medical journals: amplifications and explanations. Ann Intern Med. 1988;108:266–273

 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MDAuthor contributions: DGA conceived and designed the methodological and statistical content study and did the initial data abstraction. DLS and DGA conceived and designed general content study 2. DLS and SA did the data collection. DLS and SA did the data analysis. DLS checked the abstractions and analyzed the data. DLS drafted the manuscript, which was edited by DGA and SA. DLS takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00478-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.028

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 743-749.e4 , December 2006

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution