What affects authors' and editors' use of reporting guidelines? Findings from an online survey and qualitative interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and understand, through data from multiple sources, some of the factors that affect authors' and editors' decisions to use reporting guidelines in the publication of health research.

Design

Mixed methods study comprising an online survey and semi-structured interviews with a sample of authors (online survey: n = 56; response rate = 32%; semi-structured interviews: n = 5) and journal editors (online survey: n = 43; response rate = 27%; semi-structured interviews: n = 6) involved in publishing health and medical research. Participants were recruited from an earlier study examining the effectiveness of the TREND reporting guideline.

Results

Four types of factors interacted to affect authors' and editors' likelihood of reporting guideline use; indiv

SUBMITTER: Fuller T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4398362 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature