Zhang Ting, Yang Jingjing, Bai Xi, Liu Hongyan, Cheng Fang, Ma Zhanjun, Ma Bin
Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China.
Lab Anim. 2019 Oct 9:23677219879181. doi: 10.1177/0023677219879181.
The objective was to determine the rate at which Chinese journals include Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) Guidelines/Gold Standard Publication Checklist (GSPC) in their instructions for authors, and the awareness and recognition of editors. The survey was performed on Chinese journals. The most recent versions each journal's instructions for authors were downloaded, and the information related to the ARRIVE/GSPC was collected. A self-developed questionnaire was used to conduct the survey among the editors. Questionnaires were sent to 238 qualified journals and 198 of them returned them, achieving an 83.2% response rate. The results showed that none of the journals included the ARRIVE/GSPC in their instructions for authors, and the awareness rate was only 13.1% (26/198). The participants who were unaware of the ARRIVE/GSPC were less likely than those who were aware of them to believe it was necessary to include the ARRIVE/GSPC in the instructions for authors (23.3% . 61.5%), and less likely to request authors in their manuscript preparation (28.5% . 88.5%), editors in the editing and processing (28.5% . 84.6%) and reviewers in peer review stage (28.5% . 92.3%) to follow the ARRIVE/GSPC. Currently no Chinese journals include the ARRIVE/GSPC in their instructions for authors. The recognition rate of the ARRIVE/GSPC was low among the editors. So, we suggest that Chinese journals should promote inclusion of the ARRIVE/GSPC in journals' instructions for authors. It is also important to educate researchers and editors alike to increase their understanding of the ARRIVE/GSPC, so that the quality of reporting of animal study can be improved.
目的是确定中国期刊在其作者指南中纳入《动物研究：体内实验报告（ARRIVE）指南》/《金标准出版清单》（GSPC）的比例，以及编辑的知晓度和认可度。该调查针对中国期刊开展。下载了各期刊最新版本的作者指南，并收集了与ARRIVE/GSPC相关的信息。使用自行编制的问卷对编辑进行调查。向238种合格期刊发送了问卷，其中198种回复，回复率为83.2%。结果显示，没有期刊在其作者指南中纳入ARRIVE/GSPC，知晓率仅为13.1%（26/198）。不了解ARRIVE/GSPC的参与者比了解的参与者更不可能认为有必要在作者指南中纳入ARRIVE/GSPC（23.3%对61.5%），也不太可能要求作者在稿件准备中（28.5%对88.5%）、编辑在编辑和处理过程中（28.5%对84.6%）以及审稿人在同行评审阶段（28.5%对92.3%）遵循ARRIVE/GSPC。目前没有中国期刊在其作者指南中纳入ARRIVE/GSPC。编辑对ARRIVE/GSPC的认可度较低。因此，我们建议中国期刊应推动在期刊作者指南中纳入ARRIVE/GSPC。对研究人员和编辑进行教育以提高他们对ARRIVE/GSPC的理解也很重要，这样动物研究报告的质量才能得到提高。
