Following the science? Comparison of methodological and reporting quality of covid-19 and other research from the first wave of the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following the initial identification of the 2019 coronavirus disease (covid-19), the subsequent months saw substantial increases in published biomedical research. Concerns have been raised in both scientific and lay press around the quality of some of this research. We assessed clinical research from major clinical journals, comparing methodological and reporting quality of covid-19 papers published in the first wave (here defined as December 2019 to May 2020 inclusive) of the viral pandemic with non-covid papers published at the same time.

Methods

We reviewed research publications (print and online) from The BMJ, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine, from first publication of a covid-19 research paper

SUBMITTER: Quinn TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7899793 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature