Implementing guidelines on reporting research using animals ( ARRIVE etc.): new requirements for publication in BJP
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The ARRIVE guidelines have been implemented in BJP for 4 years with the aim of increasing transparency in reporting experiments involving animals. BJP has assessed our success in implementing them and concluded that we could do better. This editorial discusses the issues and explains how we are changing our requirements for authors to report their findings in experiments involving animals. This is one of a series of editorials discussing updates to the BJP Instructions to Authors Linked Editorials: This Editorial is part of a series. To view the other Editorials in this series, visit: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.12956/abstract ; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.12954/abstract ; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.13112/abstract and http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.12856/abstract . Video: To view the video on the ARRIVE guidelines, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYXoUAnhoPM
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There is evidence that in vivo scientists are not sufficiently aware of the importance of reporting the information covered in the guidelines and fail to appreciate the relevance to their work or their research field.
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The ethical statement provides editors, reviewers, and readers with assurance that studies have received ethical oversight.
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- Authors
- McGrath, J. C., & Lilley, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GB)
- Corresponding author
- McGrath, John C
- Venue
- British Journal of Pharmacology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-05-12
- Volume
- 172
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 3189-3193
- ISSN
- 0007-1188 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5381
- PMC
- PMC4500358
- OpenAlex
- W1888470382
- Cited by
- 1,321
- References
- 2
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- British Journal of Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal testing and alternatives
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Keywords
- ARRIVE guidelines, animal research reporting, reporting guidelines, research transparency, author guidelines, animal experimentation, editorial policy
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Pharmacology, Guidelines as Topic, Guideline Adherence, Animal Experimentation, Editorial Policies, Biomedical Research
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