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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
Competing interests:
No competing interests
28 October 2008
Iveta Simera
EQUATOR Network Project Manager
Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, UK, OX2 6UD
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
Competing interests: No competing interests