Are peer reviewers encouraged to use reporting guidelines? A survey of 116 health research journals.

Pre-publication peer review of manuscripts should enhance the value of research publications to readers who may wish to utilize findings in clinical care or health policy-making. Much published research across all medical specialties is not useful, may be misleading, wasteful and even harmful. Repor...

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Main Authors: Allison Hirst, Douglas G Altman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338712?pdf=render