CONTEXT Disclosure of conflicts of interest (COIs) from pharmaceutical industry study funding and author-industry financial relationships is sometimes recommended for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in biomedical journals. Authors of meta-analyses, however, are not required to report COIs disclosed in original reports of included RCTs. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether meta-analy...

INTRODUCTION The primary functions of peer reviewers are poorly defined. Thus far no body of literature has systematically identified the roles and tasks of peer reviewers of biomedical journals. A clear establishment of these can lead to improvements in the peer review process. The purpose of this scoping review is to determine what is known on the roles and tasks of peer reviewers. METHODS ...

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Compliance with international standards for the presentation of periodical publications was evaluated in 221 Spanish biomedical journals. The objectives of the study were to determine the degree to which standards are actually used, and to develop recommendations for improving standards and increasing familiarity with them among authors, editors and publishers. Journals were identified from fiv...

Despite recent efforts to enforce policies requiring the sharing of data underlying clinical findings, current policies of biomedical journals remain largely heterogeneous. As this heterogeneity does not optimally serve the cause of data sharing, a first step towards better harmonization would be the requirement of a data sharing statement for all clinical studies and not simply for randomized ...

Society makes substantial investments in biomedical research, searching for ways to better human health. The product of this research is principally information published in scientific journals. Continued investment in science relies on society's confidence in the accuracy, honesty, and utility of research results. A recent focus on productivity has dominated the competitive evaluation of scien...

OAE Publishing Inc. is an international scholarly publisher specializing in peer-reviewed academic journals. To promote exchange and knowledge sharing, provides outstanding platform for biomedical experts scholars all over the world.

OAE Publishing Inc. is an international scholarly publisher specializing in peer-reviewed academic journals. To promote exchange and knowledge sharing, provides outstanding platform for biomedical experts scholars all over the world.

OAE Publishing Inc. is an international scholarly publisher specializing in peer-reviewed academic journals. To promote exchange and knowledge sharing, provides outstanding platform for biomedical experts scholars all over the world.

OAE Publishing Inc. is an international scholarly publisher specializing in peer-reviewed academic journals. To promote exchange and knowledge sharing, provides outstanding platform for biomedical experts scholars all over the world.