Bolshete Pravin
Assistant Manager, Scientific Writing and Medical Communications, Tata Consultancy Services, Thane, Maharashtra, India,.
Indian J Med Ethics. 2017 Jul-Sep;2(3):160-164. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2017.039.
The "instructions to authors" of a total of 55 PubMed/MEDLINE indexed Indian biomedical journals were evaluated to assess the authorship criteria and guidance on reporting of research ethics including incorporation of recent updates. Thirty-seven (67.3%) journals recommended the ICMJE guidelines for manuscript preparation. Thirty-two of 55 (58.2%) journals defined authorship; only two journals defined authorship as per the latest (2013) ICMJE criteria. The journals' recommendations which indicated ethical compliance in articles were - the conduct of a study in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (n=39); ethical approval (n=37); consent (n=26); assent (n=10); and consent for identifiable information (n=31). The majority of the journals (n=27) referred to the 1975 version of the Declaration of Helsinki and the revisions of 2000 (n=25). None of them mentioned the latest (2013) Declaration of Helsinki amendment. Overall, the results showed that the international recommendations and latest updates have not been completely incorporated into the "instructions to authors" of Indian biomedical journals.
对总共55种被PubMed/MEDLINE索引的印度生物医学期刊的“作者须知”进行了评估，以评估作者资格标准以及关于研究伦理报告的指导意见，包括纳入最新更新内容。37种（67.3%）期刊推荐了国际医学期刊编辑委员会（ICMJE）的稿件准备指南。55种期刊中有32种（58.2%）对作者资格进行了定义；只有两种期刊按照最新的（2013年）ICMJE标准定义了作者资格。期刊中表明文章符合伦理规范的建议包括——按照《赫尔辛基宣言》开展研究（n = 39）；伦理批准（n = 37）；同意（n = 26）；赞成（n = 10）；以及对可识别信息的同意（n = 31）。大多数期刊（n = 27）提及的是1975年版的《赫尔辛基宣言》以及2000年的修订版（n = 25）。没有一家提到最新的（2013年）《赫尔辛基宣言》修正案。总体而言，结果表明国际建议和最新更新内容尚未完全纳入印度生物医学期刊的“作者须知”中。
