Endorsement of reporting guidelines and clinical trial registration across urological medical journals: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Over the years, funding for urologic diseases has witnessed a steady rise, reaching $587 million in 2020 from $541 million in 2018. In parallel, there has been a notable increase in the total number of urology journals from 2011 to 2018. This surge in research funding and journal publications calls for urologists to effectively navigate through a vast body of evidence to make the best evidence-based clinical decisions. Our primary objective was to assess the "instructions for authors" of these journals to determine the extent of endorsement of reporting guidelines for common study designs in medical research.

Methods

Top urology journals were identified using the 2021 Scopus CiteScore and confirmed via Google Scholar Metrics h5-index. In a masked, duplica

SUBMITTER: Hagood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11639865 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature