What is a reporting guideline?
The EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research) defines a reporting guideline as "a checklist, flow diagram, or structured text to guide authors in reporting a specific type of research, developed using explicit methodology."
A reporting guideline is a simple, structured tool for health researchers to use while writing manuscripts. A reporting guideline provides a minimum list of information needed to ensure a manuscript can be, for example:
Source: EQUATOR Network: https://www.equator-network.org/about-us/what-is-a-reporting-guideline/
Why use a reporting guideline?
Reporting guidelines are an important part of transparent & reproducible research, whereby studies, especially the methodology and results sections, are reported iin a complete way so other readers can understand and reproduce the study. Reproducibility is a cornerstone of good science. Lack of reproducibility hinders science.
Where can i find reporting guidelines?
You can search for reporting guidelines for many study types at : EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research)
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