Reporting Guideline
Definition: A reporting guideline is a “checklist, flow diagram, or structured text to guide authors in reporting a specific type of research, developed using explicit methodology.” (EQUATOR Network, n.d.). Reporting guidelines provide the minimum guidance required to ensure that research findings can be appropriately interpreted, appraised, synthesized and replicated. Their use often differs per scientific journal or publisher.
Related terms: CONSORT, Non-Intervention, Reproducible, and Open Systematic Reviews (NIRO-SR), PRISMA, STROBE
References:
- Moher, D., Liberati, A., Tetzlaff, J., & Altman, D. (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Medicine, 6(7), e1000097. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097
- Schulz, K. F., Altman, D. G., & Moher, D. (2010). CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. Trials, 11(1), 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-32
- Von Elm, E., Altman, D. G., Egger, M., Pocock, S. J., Gøtzsche, P. C., & Vandenbroucke, J. P. (2007). The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. Annals of Internal Medicine, 147(8), 573–577. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39335.541782.AD
- The EQUATOR Network. (n.d.). What is a reporting guideline? Retrieved 10 July 2021. https://www.equator-network.org/about-us/what-is-a-reporting-guideline/
- Topor, M., Pickering, J. S., Barbosa Mendes, A., Bishop, D. V. M., Büttner, F. C., Elsherif, M. M., & others. (2021). An integrative framework for planning and conducting Non-Intervention, Reproducible, and Open Systematic Reviews (NIRO-SR). https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/8gu5z
Originally drafted by: Aidan Cashin
Reviewed by: Gilad Feldman, Helena Hartmann, Joanne McCuaig