Endorsement of the CONSORT statement by high impact medical journals: survey of instructions for authors

Journal

Text in journal’s ‘Instructions for Authors’ (2003)

Gastroenterology

Randomized controlled trials should be presented according to the CONSORT guidelines (JAMA 2001;285:1987-1991 or http://www.consort-statement.org). At manuscript submission, authors must provide the CONSORT checklist with a diagram that illustrates the progress of patients through the trial, including recruitment, enrollment, randomization, withdrawal and completion, and a detailed description of the randomization procedure. The CONSORT checklist can be found on www.gastrojournal.org under the Instructions to Authors. Manuscripts that fail to comply with CONSORT guidelines will not be reviewed for publication.

Ann Neurol

Clinical trial reports must be written in accordance with the CONSORT reporting guidelines

Diabetes Care

Authors of reports of randomized controlled trials are required to use the instructions and checklist in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Statement, these instructions and checklist are designed to ensure that information pertinent to the trial is included in the study report.

Arch Dermatol

The checklist (Table 1) should be completed and submitted with the manuscript. In addition, include a flow diagram illustrating the progress of patients throughout the trial (Figure 1).

BMJ

Please report these in accordance with the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement.  This ensures that you provide enough information for editors, peer reviewers, and readers to see how the trial was performed and to judge whether the findings are likely to be reliable. 

Gut

Randomised controlled trials should be presented in a manner and format consistent with the Revised CONSORT statement

Resuscitation

For randomised control trials authors are strongly encouraged to follow the recommendations made in the CONSORT statement.

Anesthesiology

Authors of clinical trials (regardless of size) are encouraged to consult the guidelines published by the CONSORT group.

Br J Surgery

Investigators embarking on randomized controlled studies may wish to consider the CONSORT statement