A catalogue of reporting guidelines for health research

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: the PRISMA statement

Moher, D., Liberati, A., Tetzlaff, J., Altman, D. G., & for the PRISMA Group (2009) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.b2535 · Cited by 83,823

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

Moher, D., Liberati, A., Tetzlaff, J., Altman, D. G., & The PRISMA Group (2009) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097 · Cited by 64,042

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.

(2009) · PubMed Central · Cited by 44,859

Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups.

Tong, A., Sainsbury, P., & Craig, J. (2007) · International Journal for Quality in Health Care · doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzm042 · Cited by 42,509

The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration

Liberati, A., Altman, D. G., Tetzlaff, J., Mulrow, C., Gøtzsche, P. C., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Clarke, M., Devereaux, P. J., Kleijnen, J., & Moher, D. (2009) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000100 · Cited by 28,164

The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for Reporting Observational Studies

von Elm, E., Altman, D. G., Egger, M., Pocock, S. J., Gøtzsche, P. C., Vandenbroucke, J. P., & Initiative, F. T. S. (2007) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040296 · Cited by 23,020

Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology<SUBTITLE>A Proposal for Reporting</SUBTITLE>

Stroup, D. F. (2000) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.283.15.2008 · Cited by 20,623

The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies

von Elm, E., Altman, D. G., Egger, M., Pocock, S. J., Gøtzsche, P. C., Vandenbroucke, J. P., & Initiative, F. T. S. (2007) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-8-200710160-00010 · Cited by 17,796

CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

Moher, D., Hopewell, S., Schulz, K. F., Montori, V., Gotzsche, P. C., Devereaux, P. J., Elbourne, D., Egger, M., & Altman, D. G. (2010) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.c869 · Cited by 8,883

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): Explanation and Elaboration

Vandenbroucke, J. P., von Elm, E., Altman, D. G., Gøtzsche, P. C., Mulrow, C. D., Pocock, S. J., Poole, C., Schlesselman, J. J., Egger, M., & Initiative, F. T. S. (2007) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040297 · Cited by 8,613

Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls

Sterne, J. A. C., White, I. R., Carlin, J. B., Spratt, M., Royston, P., Kenward, M. G., Wood, A. M., & Carpenter, J. R. (2009) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.b2393 · Cited by 7,299

Improving the Quality of Web Surveys: The Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys (CHERRIES)

Eysenbach, G. (2004) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/jmir.6.3.e34 · Cited by 6,480

Improving bioscience research reporting: The ARRIVE guidelines for reporting animal research

Kilkenny, C., Browne, W. J., Cuthill, I. C., Emerson, M., & Altman, D. G. (2010) · Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics · doi:10.4103/0976-500x.72351 · Cited by 6,277

A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population

Haynes, A. B., Weiser, T. G., Berry, W. R., Lipsitz, S. R., Breizat, A.-H. S., Dellinger, E. P., Herbosa, T., Joseph, S., Kibatala, P. L., Lapitan, M. C. M., et al. (2009) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmsa0810119 · Cited by 5,688

The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomised trials

Moher, D., Schulz, K. F., & Altman, D. G. (2001) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)04337-3 · Cited by 5,373

Qualitative research: standards, challenges, and guidelines

Malterud, K. (2001) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(01)05627-6 · Cited by 5,014

Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature for Reporting Clinical Data. Results of the First International Workshop

(2005) · American Journal of Ophthalmology · doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.057 · Cited by 4,396

CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials

Schulz, K. F., Altman, D. G., Moher, D., & for the CONSORT Group* (2010) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-152-11-201006010-00232 · Cited by 3,824

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): Explanation and Elaboration

Vandenbroucke, J. P., Elm, E. V., Altman, D. G., Gøtzsche, P. C., Mulrow, C. D., Pocock, S. J., Poole, C., Schlesselman, J. J., Egger, M., & initiative, F. T. S. (2007) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-8-200710160-00010-w1 · Cited by 3,543

Consort 2010 statement: extension to cluster randomised trials

Campbell, M. K., Piaggio, G., Elbourne, D. R., Altman, D. G., & for the CONSORT Group (2012) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.e5661 · Cited by 3,510

Improving the reporting quality of nonrandomized evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions: The TREND statement

Des Jarlais, D. C., Lyles, C., Crepaz, N., & the TREND Group (2004) · American Journal of Public Health · doi:10.2105/ajph.94.3.361 · Cited by 2,817

Evolving guidelines for publication of qualitative research studies in psychology and related fields

Elliott, R., Fischer, C. T., & Rennie, D. L. (1999) · British Journal of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1348/014466599162782 · Cited by 2,491

Selective publication of antidepressant trials and its influence on apparent efficacy

Turner, E. H., Matthews, A. M., Linardatos, E., Tell, R. A., & Rosenthal, R. (2008) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmsa065779 · Cited by 2,435

Reporting of Noninferiority and Equivalence Randomized Trials: Extension of the CONSORT 2010 Statement

Piaggio, G., Elbourne, D. R., Pocock, S. J., Evans, S. J. W., Altman, D. G., & CONSORT Group, F. T. (2012) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.2012.87802 · Cited by 2,428

Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were proposed

Kottner, J., Audigé, L., Brorson, S., Donner, A. P., Gajewski, B. J., Hróbjartsson, A., Roberts, C., Shoukri, M. M., & Streiner, D. L. (2010) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.03.002 · Cited by 2,314

Extending the CONSORT statement to randomized trials of nonpharmacologic treatment: explanation and elaboration

Boutron, I., Moher, D., Altman, D. G., Schulz, K. F., Ravaud, P., & for the CONSORT Group* (2008) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-4-200802190-00008 · Cited by 2,292

Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence

Chalmers, I., & Glasziou, P. (2009) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(09)60329-9 · Cited by 2,208

American College of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on standards for acquisition, measurement and reporting of intravascular ultrasound studies (ivus)31When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology would appreciate the following citation format: Mintz GS, Nissen SE, Anderson WD, Bailey SR, Erbel R, Fitzgerald PJ, Pinto FJ, Rosenfield K, Siegel RJ, Tuzcu EM, Yock PG. ACC Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Standards for the acquisition, measurement and reporting of intravascular ultrasound studies: a report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents (Committee to Develop a Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Standards for Acquisition, Measurement and Reporting of Intravascular Ultrasound Studies [IVUS]). J Am Coll Cardiol2001;37:1478–92.33Address for reprints: This document is available on the ACC Website at www.acc.org. Reprints of this document are available for $5.00 each by calling 800-253-4636 (U.S. only) or writing to the Resource Center, American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699.

Mintz, G. S., Nissen, S. E., Anderson, W. D., Bailey, S. R., Erbel, R. M., Fitzgerald, P. J., Pinto, F. J., Rosenfield, K., Siegel, R. J., Tuzcu, E. M., et al. (2001) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01175-5 · Cited by 2,186

Good practice in the conduct and reporting of survey research

Kelley, K. (2003) · International Journal for Quality in Health Care · doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg031 · Cited by 2,162

Revised Recommendations of the International Working Group for Diagnosis, Standardization of Response Criteria, Treatment Outcomes, and Reporting Standards for Therapeutic Trials in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Creutzig, U., & Kaspers, G. J. L. (2004) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2004.99.116 · Cited by 2,137

CONSORT-EHEALTH: Improving and Standardizing Evaluation Reports of Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions

Eysenbach, G., & CONSORT-EHEALTH Group (2011) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/jmir.1923 · Cited by 1,863

Meta-analysis of individual participant data: rationale, conduct, and reporting

Riley, R. D., Lambert, P. C., & Abo-Zaid, G. (2010) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.c221 · Cited by 1,701

Better Reporting of Harms in Randomized Trials: An Extension of the CONSORT Statement

Ioannidis, J. P. A., Evans, S. J. W., Gøtzsche, P. C., O'Neill, R. T., Altman, D. G., Schulz, K., Moher, D., & for the CONSORT Group* (2004) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-10-200411160-00009 · Cited by 1,593

Trial Design and Reporting Standards for Intra-Arterial Cerebral Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Higashida, R. T., & Furlan, A. J. (2003) · Stroke · doi:10.1161/01.str.0000082721.62796.09 · Cited by 1,556

Systematic Review of the Empirical Evidence of Study Publication Bias and Outcome Reporting Bias

Dwan, K., Altman, D. G., Arnaiz, J. A., Bloom, J., Chan, A.-W., Cronin, E., Decullier, E., Easterbrook, P. J., Von Elm, E., Gamble, C., et al. (2008) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003081 · Cited by 1,546

Statistics in Medicine — Reporting of Subgroup Analyses in Clinical Trials

Wang, R., Lagakos, S. W., Ware, J. H., Hunter, D. J., & Drazen, J. M. (2007) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmsr077003 · Cited by 1,445

Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement

MacPherson, H., Altman, D. G., Hammerschlag, R., Li, Y., Tai-xiang, W., White, A. R., Moher, D., & on behalf of the STRICTA Revision Group (2010) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000261 · Cited by 1,435

REporting recommendations for tumour MARKer prognostic studies (REMARK).

for the Statistics Subcommittee of the NCI-EORTC Working Group on Cancer Diagnostics, McShane, L. M., Altman, D. G., Sauerbrei, W., Taube, S. E., Gion, M., & Clark, G. M. (2005) · British Journal of Cancer · doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602678 · Cited by 1,394

A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians

Burns, K. E. A., Duffett, M., Kho, M. E., Meade, M., Adhikari, N. K. J., Sinuff, T., Cook, D. J., & for the ACCADEMY Group (2008) · Canadian Medical Association Journal · doi:10.1503/cmaj.080372 · Cited by 1,357

Update of the Stroke Therapy Academic Industry Roundtable Preclinical Recommendations

Fisher, M., Feuerstein, G., Howells, D. W., Hurn, P. D., Kent, T. A., Savitz, S. I., & Lo, E. H. (2009) · Stroke · doi:10.1161/strokeaha.108.541128 · Cited by 1,352

Helping Doctors and Patients Make Sense of Health Statistics

Gigerenzer, G., Gaissmaier, W., Kurz-Milcke, E., Schwartz, L. M., & Woloshin, S. (2007) · Psychological Science in the Public Interest · doi:10.1111/j.1539-6053.2008.00033.x · Cited by 1,336

Criteria for Evaluation of Novel Markers of Cardiovascular Risk

Hlatky, M. A., Greenland, P., Arnett, D. K., Ballantyne, C. M., Criqui, M. H., Elkind, M. S. V., Go, A. S., Harrell, F. E., Hong, Y., Howard, B. V., et al. (2009) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/circulationaha.109.192278 · Cited by 1,146

The STARD Statement for Reporting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy: Explanation and Elaboration

Bossuyt, P. M., Reitsma, J. B., Bruns, D. E., Gatsonis, C. A., Glasziou, P. P., Irwig, L. M., Moher, D., Rennie, D., de Vet, H. C. W., & Lijmer, J. G. (2003) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-1-200301070-00012-w1 · Cited by 1,124

Reporting Recommendations for Tumor Marker Prognostic Studies (REMARK): Explanation and Elaboration

Altman, D. G., McShane, L. M., Sauerbrei, W., & Taube, S. E. (2012) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001216 · Cited by 1,034

Publication bias in clinical trials due to statistical significance or direction of trial results

Hopewell, S., Loudon, K., Clarke, M. J., Oxman, A. D., & Dickersin, K. (2009) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.mr000006.pub3 · Cited by 898

Does the CONSORT checklist improve the quality of reports of randomised controlled trials? A systematic review

Plint, A. C., Moher, D., Morrison, A., Schulz, K., Altman, D. G., Hill, C., & Gaboury, I. (2006) · Medical Journal of Australia · doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00557.x · Cited by 872

STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)— An Extension of the STROBE Statement

Little, J., Higgins, J. P. T., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Moher, D., Gagnon, F., von Elm, E., Khoury, M. J., Cohen, B., Davey-Smith, G., Grimshaw, J., et al. (2009) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000022 · Cited by 811

Capturing momentary, self-report data: A proposal for reporting guidelines

Stone, A. A., & Shiffman, S. (2002) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1207/s15324796abm2403_09 · Cited by 807

Reporting Recommendations for Tumor Marker Prognostic Studies

McShane, L. M., Altman, D. G., Sauerbrei, W., Taube, S. E., Gion, M., & Clark, G. M. (2005) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2004.01.0454 · Cited by 779

CONSORT for reporting randomized controlled trials in journal and conference abstracts: explanation and elaboration

Hopewell, S., Clarke, M., Moher, D., Wager, E., Middleton, P., Altman, D. G., Schulz, K. F., & and the CONSORT Group (2008) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050020 · Cited by 674

What is missing from descriptions of treatment in trials and reviews?

Glasziou, P., Meats, E., Heneghan, C., & Shepperd, S. (2008) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.39590.732037.47 · Cited by 614

Avoidable Waste in the Production and Reporting of Research Evidence

Chalmers, I., & Glasziou, P. (2009) · Obstetrics and Gynecology · doi:10.1097/aog.0b013e3181c3020d · Cited by 614

Reporting Randomized, Controlled Trials of Herbal Interventions: An Elaborated CONSORT Statement

Gagnier, J. J., Boon, H., Rochon, P., Moher, D., Barnes, J., Bombardier, C., & for the CONSORT Group* (2006) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-5-200603070-00013 · Cited by 608

Guidelines for reporting an fMRI study

Poldrack, R. A., Fletcher, P. C., Henson, R. N., Worsley, K. J., Brett, M., & Nichols, T. E. (2008) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.11.048 · Cited by 550

Point and interval estimates of effect sizes for the case-controls design in neuropsychology: Rationale, methods, implementations, and proposed reporting standards

Crawford, J. R., Garthwaite, P. H., & Porter, S. (2010) · Cognitive Neuropsychology · doi:10.1080/02643294.2010.513967 · Cited by 537

Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science

Young, N. S., Ioannidis, J. P. A., & Al‐Ubaydli, O. (2008) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050201 · Cited by 533

Methods and processes of the CONSORT group: example of an extension for trials assessing nonpharmacologic treatments.

Boutron, I., Moher, D., Altman, D. G., Schulz, K. F., Ravaud, P., & for the CONSORT Group* (2008) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-4-200802190-00008-w1 · Cited by 523

Assessing and reporting heterogeneity in treatment effects in clinical trials: a proposal

Kent, D. M., Rothwell, P. M., Ioannidis, J. P., Altman, D. G., & Hayward, R. A. (2010) · Trials · doi:10.1186/1745-6215-11-85 · Cited by 504

American Society of Transplantation Recommendations for Screening, Monitoring and Reporting of Infectious Complications in Immunosuppression Trials in Recipients of Organ Transplantation

Humar, A., & Michaels, M. G. (2006) · American Journal of Transplantation · doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01207.x · Cited by 487

Epidemiology and reporting of randomised trials published in PubMed journals

Chan, A.-W., & Altman, D. G. (2005) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)71879-1 · Cited by 474

CONSORT for reporting randomised trials in journal and conference abstracts

Hopewell, S., Clarke, M., Moher, D., Wager, E., Middleton, P., Altman, D. G., & Schulz, K. F. (2008) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61835-2 · Cited by 458

Standardized Reporting of Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization

Shiffman, R. N., Shekelle, P., Overhage, J. M., Slutsky, J. R., Grimshaw, J., & Deshpande, A. M. (2003) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-139-6-200309160-00013 · Cited by 451

Evidence-based behavioral medicine: What is it and how do we achieve it?

Davidson, K. W., Goldstein, M. G., Kaplan, R. M., Kaufmann, P. G., Knatterud, G. L., Orleans, C. T., Spring, B. J., Trudeau, K. J., & Whitlock, E. P. (2003) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1207/s15324796abm2603_01 · Cited by 420

Proposed Definitions and Criteria for Reporting Time Frame, Outcome, and Complications For Clinical Orthopedic Studies in Veterinary Medicine

Cook, J. L., Evans, R. B., Conzemius, M. G., Lascelles, B. D. X., McIlwraith, C. W., Pozzi, A., Clegg, P., Innes, J., Schulz, K. S., Houlton, J. E. F., et al. (2010) · Veterinary Surgery · doi:10.1111/j.1532-950x.2010.00763.x · Cited by 419

Good Research Practices for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Defining, Reporting and Interpreting Nonrandomized Studies of Treatment Effects Using Secondary Data Sources: The ISPOR Good Research Practices for Retrospective Database Analysis Task Force Report—Part I

Berger, M. L., Mamdani, M., Atkins, D. C., & Johnson, M. L. (2009) · Value in Health · doi:10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00600.x · Cited by 408

Reporting Standards for Percutaneous Interventions in Dialysis Access

Gray, R. J., Sacks, D., Martin, L. G., & Trerotola, S. O. (2003) · Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology · doi:10.1097/01.rvi.0000094618.61428.58 · Cited by 391

How to formulate research recommendations

Brown, P., Brunnhuber, K., Chalkidou, K., Chalmers, I., Clarke, M., Fenton, M., Forbes, C., Glanville, J., Hicks, N. J., Moody, J., et al. (2006) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.38987.492014.94 · Cited by 381

The GRIPP checklist: Strengthening the quality of patient and public involvement reporting in research

Staniszewska, S., Brett, J., Mockford, C., & Barber, R. (2011) · International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care · doi:10.1017/s0266462311000481 · Cited by 369

Development and use of reporting guidelines for assessing the quality of validation studies of health administrative data

Benchimol, E. I., Manuel, D. G., To, T., Griffiths, A. M., Rabeneck, L., & Guttmann, A. (2011) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.10.006 · Cited by 368

Bayesian methods in health technology assessment: a review.

Spiegelhalter, Myles, Jones, & Abrams, K. R. (2000) · Health Technology Assessment · doi:10.3310/hta4380 · Cited by 359

Gene Expression-Based Prognostic Signatures in Lung Cancer: Ready for Clinical Use?

Subramanian, J., & Simon, R. M. (2010) · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · doi:10.1093/jnci/djq025 · Cited by 355

EANM procedure guidelines for brain neurotransmission SPECT using 123I-labelled dopamine transporter ligands, version 2

Darcourt, J., Booij, J., Tatsch, K., Varrone, A., Borght, T. V., Ozlem Kapucu, L., Någren, K., Nobili, F. M., Walker, Z., & Laere, K. V. (2009) · European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging · doi:10.1007/s00259-009-1267-x · Cited by 347

Recommendations for Biomarker Identification and Qualification in Clinical Proteomics

Mischak, H., Allmaier, G. M., Apweiler, R., Attwood, T. K., Baumann, M., Benigni, A., Bennett, S. E., Bischoff, R., Bongcam‐Rudloff, E., Capasso, G., et al. (2010) · Science Translational Medicine · doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3001249 · Cited by 339

Reporting whole-body vibration intervention studies: recommendations of the International Society of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions.

Rauch, F., Sievänen, H., Boonen, S., Cardinale, M., Degens, H., Felsenberg, D., Roth, J., Schöenau, E., Verschueren, S., & Rittweger, J. (2010) · PubMed · Cited by 337

Good Laboratory Practice: Preventing Introduction of Bias at the Bench

Macleod, M. R., Fisher, M., O'Collins, V., Sena, E. S., Dirnagl, U., Bath, P. M. W., Buchan, A., van der Worp, H. B., Traystman, R., Minematsu, K., et al. (2009) · Stroke · doi:10.1161/strokeaha.108.525386 · Cited by 331

Utstein-Style Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Laboratory CPR Research

Idris, A. H., Becker, L. B., Ornato, J. P., Hedges, J. R., Bircher, N. G., CHANDRA, N. C., Cummins, R. O., Dick, W. F., Ebmeyer, U., Halperin, H. R., et al. (1996) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/01.cir.94.9.2324 · Cited by 327

Publication guidelines for quality improvement in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project

Davidoff, F., Batalden, P., Stevens, D., Ogrinc, G., Mooney, S., & for the SQUIRE development group (2008) · Quality and Safety in Health Care · doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.029066 · Cited by 324

Economic evaluation alongside randomised controlled trials: design, conduct, analysis, and reporting

Petrou, S., & Gray, A. (2011) · British medical journal · doi:10.1136/bmj.d1548 · Cited by 313

A Gold Standard Publication Checklist to Improve the Quality of Animal Studies, to Fully Integrate the Three Rs, and to Make Systematic Reviews More Feasible

Hooijmans, C. R., Leenaars, M., & Ritskes-Hoitinga, M. J. (2010) · Alternatives to Laboratory Animals · doi:10.1177/026119291003800208 · Cited by 311

Recommended guidelines for reviewing, reporting, and conducting research on post-resuscitation care: The Utstein style

Langhelle, A., Nolan, J. P., Herlitz, J. D., Castrén, M. K., Wenzel, V., Søreide, E., Engdahl, J., & Steen, P. A. (2005) · Resuscitation · doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.06.005 · Cited by 288

Economic evaluation using decision analytical modelling: design, conduct, analysis, and reporting

Petrou, S., & Gray, A. (2011) · British medical journal · doi:10.1136/bmj.d1766 · Cited by 278

Transcatheter Therapy for Hepatic Malignancy: Standardization of Terminology and Reporting Criteria

Brown, D. B., Gould, J. E., Gervais, D. A., Goldberg, S. N., Murthy, R., Millward, S. F., Rilling, W. S., Geschwind, J.-F. H., Salem, R., Vedantham, S., et al. (2009) · Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology · doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.021 · Cited by 257

Increasing the generalizability of economic evaluations: Recommendations for the design, analysis, and reporting of studies

Drummond, M., Manca, A., & Sculpher, M. (2005) · International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care · doi:10.1017/s0266462305050221 · Cited by 249

ASAS recommendations for collecting, analysing and reporting NSAID intake in clinical trials/epidemiological studies in axial spondyloarthritis

Dougados, M., Paternotte, S., Braun, J., Burgos‐Vargas, R., Maksymowych, W. P., Sieper, J., & van der Heijde, D. M. F. M. (2010) · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · doi:10.1136/ard.2010.133488 · Cited by 247

Reporting Standards for Clinical Evaluation of New Peripheral Arterial Revascularization Devices

Sacks, D., Marinelli, D. L., Martin, L. G., & Spies, J. B. (2003) · Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology · doi:10.1097/01.rvi.0000094613.61428.a9 · Cited by 240

STARE-HI—Statement on reporting of evaluation studies in Health Informatics

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