EQUATOR News
30/01/2014 International Journal of Medical Students supports Declaration of transparencyThe International Journal of Medical Students is an online peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal, created to share the scientific production and experiences of medical students worldwide. Authors are asked to sign Declaration of transparency as part of their submission checklist.
28/01/2014 NIH plans to enhance reproducibility of scienceFrancis S. Collins and Lawrence A. Tabak, directors of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), discuss initiatives that the NHS is exploring to restore the self-correcting nature of preclinical research. Read the full article in Nature 2014;505:613
24/01/2014 Oral History Video Examines Origins, Development and Future of Evidence-Based MedicineA new video of leaders who gave birth to Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) features valuable oral histories of the EBM movement. Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of […]
09/01/2014 Lancet series on ‘Research: increasing value, reducing waste’A new Lancet series focusing on ‘Research: increasing value, reducing waste’ was launched on 8 January 2014. Consisting of five papers, the series highlights important issues regarding biomedical research…
20/12/2013 Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly PublishingThe Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing is a statement drafted in collaboration between the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Open […]
18/12/2013 Increasing transparency of clinical trials: EU register to follow clinicaltrials.gov exampleThe BMJ reports on a new European Union legislation on clinical trials that is now being finalised. To enhance transparency the new European trial register will be operated by the European Medicines Agency. All clinical trials in the European Union […]
04/12/2013 EQUATOR Network Newsletter December 2013The December 2013 issue of our newsletter is now available. Contents include
03/12/2013 Support from Cochrane Switzerland and PAHOProfessor Bernard Burnand, director of the Swiss branch of the Cochrane Collaboration expressed his and the Cochrane Switzerland support (PDF) to the work accomplished in the framework of the EQUATOR Network. We also received expression of full support (PDF) to transparent and […]
29/11/2013 Medwave expresses full support to transparent reporting and to the EQUATOR NetworkIn her letter to the EQUATOR Network Dr Vivienne C. Bachelet, Editor-in-chief, Medwave and Executive director, Medwave Group states: “Medwave fully supports transparent and accurate health research reporting and the EQUATOR Network. We express this in our author and reviewer […]
26/11/2013 Centre for Reviews and Dissemination endorses the work of EQUATORProfessor Lesley Stewart, director of the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York, UK, expressed CRD’s strong support (PDF) to the EQUATOR Network and its activities. We encourage more organisation to express their commitment to accurate and […]