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EQUATOR Network – collated resources for good reporting of health research

Iveta Simera   (28 October 2008)

EQUATOR Network – collated resources for good reporting of health research 28 October 2008
Iveta Simera, EQUATOR Network Project Manager Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, UK, OX2 6UD Send response to journal: Re: EQUATOR Network – collated resources for good reporting of health research	The new BMJ initiative is a welcome contribution to the effort towards more reliable health research literature. BMJ readers might be also interested in a new international initiative, the EQUATOR Network, that promotes clear, accurate and transparent reporting of health research (1,2). The EQUATOR website (http://www.equator-network.org/) pulls together available reporting guidelines making them easy to find and use. The website also refers to other resources, training courses, meetings, etc. relating to the reporting of health research and will be of great interest to researchers, editors, peer reviewers, reporting guideline developers and anyone interested in improving the quality of scientific publications. 1.Groves T. Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research, BMJ, 2008; 8: 337, a718. 2.Moher D, Simera I, Schulz KF, Hoey J, Altman DG. Helping editors, peer reviewers and authors improve the clarity, completeness and transparency of reporting health research. BMC Med 2008;6:13. Competing interests: None declared