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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joanna Diong, Elizabeth Bye, Zoe Djajadikarta, Annie A. Butler, Simon C. Gandevia, Martin E. Heroux
Summary: This study assessed the requirements of 100 journals in neuroscience and physiology regarding the transparency of research methods and results. It found that some journals did not mention or mentioned less about this issue. Journals can improve the quality of research reports by mandating or encouraging responsible reporting practices.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Francesca Cappelletti, Christiane Berger
Summary: Just like in other aspects of indoor environmental quality, standards are crucial in the field of building and room acoustics. They should represent the latest technology and determine if a building's design and construction meet the required standards. It is important to ensure that these standards are based on scientific evidence.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Eneyi E. Kpokiri, Elizabeth Chen, Jingjing Li, Sarah Payne, Priyanka Shrestha, Kaosar Afsana, Uche Amazigo, Phyllis Awor, Jean-Francois de Lavison, Saqif Khan, Jana Mier-Alpano, Alberto Ong, Shivani Subhedar, Isabelle Wachmuth, Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Kala M. Mehta, Beatrice Halpaap, Joseph D. Tucker
Summary: Social innovations in health are inclusive solutions that aim to address healthcare delivery gaps through a multi-stakeholder, community-engaged process. The SIFHR Checklist, developed through a global open call and a 3-round Delphi process, will strengthen reporting transparency and end-user engagement in social innovation projects. Further research is needed to evaluate, scale up, and sustain social innovation for health.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mario Malicki, Ana Jeroncic, IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Lex Bouter, Gerben ter Riet
Summary: The study found that requirements regarding authorship, conflict of interests, data sharing, funding disclosure, and ethics approval declaration in scholarly journals vary greatly over time, among journals, and across disciplines.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Anthony Gebran, Antoine Bejjani, Daniel Badin, Hadi Sabbagh, Tala Mahmoud, Mohamad El Moheb, Charlie J. Nederpelt, Bellal Joseph, Avery Nathens, Haytham M. A. Kaafarani
Summary: This study critically appraised the quality of methodological reporting in ACS-TQIP studies and found that the quality remains suboptimal. Most studies did not adequately describe the patient population selection process, address data cleaning and missing values, or state inclusion/exclusion criteria and outcome variables. Studies published in high-impact factor journals had higher quality of reporting compared to those in low-impact factor journals.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sanjana Tumma, Claire Sonneborn, Aishwarya Padate, Olivia Hogue
Summary: The study aimed to describe the statistical reporting guidance provided to authors by clinical neurology and neuroscience journals. The results showed that most journals had limited requirements for sample size justification, estimates of precision, and method of checking assumptions. They also lacked guidance on reporting/interpretation of p-values, descriptive statistics, and appropriate graphs. Therefore, there is an opportunity for journals to improve the transparency of statistical methods and results in these fields.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Mathematical
Matt J. Dunn, Robert G. Alexander, Onyekachukwu M. Amiebenomo, Gemma Arblaster, Denize Atan, Jonathan T. Erichsen, Ulrich Ettinger, Mario E. Giardini, Iain D. Gilchrist, Ruth Hamilton, Roy S. Hessels, Scott Hodgins, Ignace T. C. Hooge, Brooke S. Jackson, Helena Lee, Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Lee Mcilreavy, Lisa M. Muratori, Diederick C. Niehorster, Marcus Nystrom, Jorge Otero-Millan, Michael M. Schlussel, Jay E. Self, Tarkeshwar Singh, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Andreas Sprenger
Summary: This paper proposes a guideline that outlines the essential elements to report in research studies that involve eye tracking technology with human or non-human primate participants. The guideline was developed through a three-year consensus-based process, which included input from the international eye tracking community. The guideline will undergo reviews at least every four years.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Caroline Struthers, James Harwood, Jennifer Anne de Beyer, Paula Dhiman, Patricia Logullo, Michael Schlussel
Summary: The data suggests that GoodReports website plays a positive role in improving the quality and transparency of health research reports. The majority of users find the tool highly useful and make modifications to their manuscripts. Authors who receive reporting guideline recommendations from GoodReports tend to submit more complete checklists compared to those who do not use the tool. Providing reporting guidance early in the writing process is more effective in ensuring completeness of study reports.
BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Katherine T. Peter, Allison L. Phillips, Ann M. Knolhoff, Piero R. Gardinali, Carlos A. Manzano, Kelsey E. Miller, Manuel Pristner, Lyne Sabourin, Mark W. Sumarah, Benedikt Warth, Jon R. Sobus
Summary: Non-targeted analysis (NTA) workflows using mass spectrometry are becoming increasingly popular in various disciplines, but there is still a lack of universally accepted reporting standards. To address this issue, researchers have developed the NTA Study Reporting Tool (SRT), which has been shown to be effective in guiding study design, manuscript writing, and evaluating NTA reporting quality through analysis of published articles.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Critical Care Medicine
Penny S. Reynolds, Cynthia W. Garvan
Summary: The study found that there are significant deficiencies in animal-based research reporting, including lack of ethical oversight information, basic animal descriptive information, and best-practice methods. Researcher need to enhance transparency, improve experimental design skills to promote the quality of research method reporting.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Shoichi Taniguchi, Akiko Hashizume
Summary: This study investigates the transformation of data content standards to linked data through conversion from other formats, based on a proposed layered framework. Several main issues were examined under the basic policies for making linked data: assigning URIs to units, defining relationships among instructions with URIs, and expressing instructed content properly using RDF properties. By making proper choices for each issue, actual standards such as RDA and Dublin Core User Guide were successfully converted to linked data. The results demonstrate the validity and usefulness of this approach in utilizing linked data.
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Veterinary Sciences
Cory F. Brayton
Summary: Laboratory registration codes play a critical role in standardized laboratory animal and genetic nomenclature, ensuring accurate scientific communication and research reproducibility. These codes are assigned by the International Laboratory Code Registry and maintained by ILAR. Continued recognition of the importance of genetic backgrounds and variants in research highlights the need for broader adoption of standardized animal naming conventions.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ferran Catala-Lopez, Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo, Matthew J. Page, Lourdes Castello-Cogollos, Brian Hutton, Manuel Ridao, Rafael Tabares-Seisdedos, Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent, David Moher
Summary: This study investigated the scientific collaboration and citation metrics of reporting guidelines for health research. A cross-sectional analysis of published articles and network analyses of collaborations were conducted. The results identified key actors, intense collaborations, and 'citation classics' in the field, which could be used to strengthen collaborations for developing and disseminating reporting guidelines for health research.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
David Giofre, Geoff Cumming, Luca Fresc, Ingrid Boedker, Patrizio Tressoldi
Summary: This study by Giofre et al. examines changes in statistical practices and reporting in two high-ranking journals. They found improvements in most practices, but highlight the need for further improvements and adoption of open practices.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Victoria T. Hunniford, Joshua Montroy, Dean A. Fergusson, Marc T. Avey, Kimberley E. Wever, Sarah K. McCann, Madison Foster, Grace Fox, Mackenzie Lafreniere, Mira Ghaly, Sydney Mannell, Karolina Godwinska, Avonae Gentles, Shehab Selim, Jenna MacNeil, Lindsey Sikora, Emily S. Sena, Matthew J. Page, Malcolm Macleod, David Moher, Manoj M. Lalu
Summary: There is a considerable number of preclinical systematic reviews conducted on diverse topics, but the quality of reporting is inconsistent. Key details for transparency and reproducibility need improvement.
