Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Center for Journalology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Knowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;127:96-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.07.013. Epub 2020 Jul 23.
Over 400 reporting guidelines are currently published, but the frequency of their use by authors to accurately and transparently report research remains unclear. This study examined citation counts of reporting guidelines and characteristics contributing to their citation impact.
Web of Science database was searched for citation counts of all reporting guidelines with a minimum citation age of 5 years. The total citation impact, mean citation impact and the factors contributing to 2- and 5-year citation rate were established.
The search identified 296 articles of reporting guidelines from 1995 to 2013. The mean citations per year was 32.4 (95% confidence interval, 22.3-42.4 citations). The factors associated with 2- and 5-year citation performance of reporting guidelines included the following: open access to the reporting guideline, field of the publishing journal (general vs. specialized medical journal), impact factor of the publishing journal, simultaneous publication in multiple journals, and a male first author.
The citation rate across reporting guidelines varied with journal impact factor, open access publication, field of the publishing journal, simultaneous publications, and a male first author. Gaps in citations highlight opportunities to increase visibility and encourage author use of reporting guidelines.
目前已有超过 400 篇报告指南出版，但作者准确、透明地报告研究结果时使用报告指南的频率尚不清楚。本研究旨在调查报告指南的引用次数及其影响引用的特征。
在 Web of Science 数据库中检索了所有引用年龄至少为 5 年的报告指南的引用次数。确定了总引用量、平均引用量以及影响 2 年和 5 年引用率的因素。
共检索到 1995 年至 2013 年的 296 篇报告指南文章。每年的平均引用量为 32.4（95%置信区间，22.3-42.4 次）。与报告指南的 2 年和 5 年引用绩效相关的因素包括：报告指南的开放获取、出版期刊的领域（一般与专门医学期刊）、出版期刊的影响因子、多期刊同时出版以及男性第一作者。
报告指南的引用率因期刊影响因子、开放获取出版、出版期刊的领域、同时出版以及男性第一作者而异。引用量的差距突显了增加可见度和鼓励作者使用报告指南的机会。
