Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 617 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2012 Mar;65(3):239-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.07.008. Epub 2011 Oct 15.
During the past two decades teams of researchers and editors have developed a variety of publishing guidelines to improve the quality of published research reports. Journals and editorial groups have adopted many of these guidelines. Whereas some guidelines are widely used, others have yet to be generally applied, thwarting attainment of consistent reporting among published research reports. The aim of this study is to describe the development and adoption of general publication guidelines for various study designs, provide examples of guidelines adapted for specific topics, and recommend next steps.
We reviewed generic guidelines for reporting research results and surveyed their use in PubMed and Science Citation Index.
Existing guidelines cover a broad spectrum of research designs, but there are still gaps in topics and use. Appropriate next steps include increasing use of available guidelines and their adoption among journals, educating peer reviewers on their use, and incorporating guideline use into the curriculum of medical, nursing, and public health schools.
Wider adoption of existing guidelines should result in research that is increasingly reported in a standardized, consistent manner.
在过去的二十年中，研究人员和编辑团队开发了多种出版指南，以提高已发表研究报告的质量。期刊和编辑团体已经采用了其中的许多指南。虽然有些指南被广泛使用，但其他指南尚未得到普遍应用，从而阻碍了已发表研究报告之间的一致性报告。本研究旨在描述各种研究设计的通用出版指南的制定和采用情况，提供适用于特定主题的指南示例，并推荐下一步措施。
我们回顾了报告研究结果的通用指南，并在 PubMed 和科学引文索引中调查了它们的使用情况。
现有的指南涵盖了广泛的研究设计，但在主题和使用方面仍存在差距。适当的下一步措施包括增加现有指南的使用，并在期刊中采用这些指南，教育同行评审员使用这些指南，并将指南的使用纳入医学、护理和公共卫生学校的课程中。
更广泛地采用现有的指南将导致研究报告越来越以标准化、一致的方式进行报告。
