A cross-sectional study of the endorsement proportion of reporting guidelines in 1039 Chinese medical journals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reporting quality is a critical issue in health sciences. Adopting the reporting guidelines has been approved to be an effective way of enhancing the reporting quality and transparency of clinical research. In 2012, we found that only 7 (7/1221, 0.6%) journals adopted the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement in China. The aim of the study was to know the implementation status of CONSORT and other reporting guidelines about clinical studies in China.

Methods

A cross-sectional bibliometric study was conducted. Eight medical databases were systematically searched, and 1039 medical journals published in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan were included. The basic characteristics, including subject, language, publication place, journa

SUBMITTER: Duan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9862842 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature