Guidance in author instructions of hematology and oncology journals: A cross sectional and longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The debate about the value of biomedical publications led to recommendations for improving reporting quality. It is unclear to what extent these recommendations have been endorsed by journals. We analyzed whether specific recommendations were included in author instructions, which journal characteristics were associated with their endorsement, how endorsement of the domains changed and whether endorsement was associated with change of impact factor between 2010 and 2015.

Methods

We considered two study samples consisting of "Hematology" and "Oncology" journals of the Journal Citation Report 2008 and 2014, respectively. We extracted information regarding endorsement of the (1) recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, of (2) reporti

SUBMITTER: Toews I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409080 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature