Effect of using reporting guidelines during peer review on quality of final manuscripts submitted to a biomedical journal: masked randomised trial
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Resumen
Additional reviews based on reporting guidelines improve manuscript quality, although the observed effect was smaller than hypothesised and not definitively demonstrated. Authors adhere more to suggestions from conventional reviews than to those from additional reviews, showing difficulties in adhering to high methodological standards at the latest research phases. To boost paper quality and impact, authors should be aware of future requirements of reporting guidelines at the very beginning of their study. Trial registration and protocol Although registries do not include trials of peer review, the protocol design was submitted to sponsored research projects (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, PI081903).
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Erik Cobo, & Jordi Cortés, & Josep‐María Ribera, & Francesc Cardellach, & Albert Selva-O’Callaghan, & Belchin Kostov, & Luis I. García, & Lourdes Cirugeda, & Doug Altman, & José Antonio González, & J. Sánchez, & Francesc Miras, & Angel Manuel Arias Urrutia, & V. Fonollosa, & Celestino Rey‐Joly, & M Vilardell (2011). Effect of using reporting guidelines during peer review on quality of final manuscripts submitted to a biomedical journal: masked randomised trial. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d6783