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Background: The Chinese Medical Association (CMA) is an important social force in the development of medical science and technology in China. The CMA publishes 126 medical journals covering all medical fields till January 2013, and the journals’ Instructions for authors provides recommendations for reporting to authors. However, the information of the journals’ publication and reporting requirement of these journals is unclear.
Objectives: To know the basic information of CMA journals and assess if they have a good reporting guide for authors on the Instructions.
Methods: We searched journals’ ‘Instructions for Authors’ on journals’ websites, databases or Google scholar, and extracted the information Instructions including journals’ publication place, publication frequency, reporting guidelines (PRISMA, STROBE or CONSORT) mentioned or not, requirement on papers format and so on by data extraction table predesigned. Journals included in this research are under CMA’s and published in Chinese only.
Results: Of 96 journals included, 44 (45.83%) published in the capital Beijing, 30 (31.25%) published in eastern region whicn excluding Beijing city and 22 (22.92%) published in other regions. 56 (58.33%) published monthly and 31(32.29%) bimonthly. 52 (54.17%) journals had submission system online already and 47 (48.96%) metioned peer-reviewed in Instructions for Authors, 11 (11.46%) published at home and abroad. On the requirement on research format, 43 (44.79%) mention ethics on people involved in and 1 (1.04%) mentioned ethic on animals test, 90 (93.75%) journals had requirement in form and 6 (6.25%) had requirement on content. 9 (9.38%) mentioned explaination of methods choosing and 17 (17.71%) required on study design. None mentioned authors to comply the recommendation in the relevant reporting guidelines policy on the requirement in research reporting.
Conclusions: The reporting requirement and distribution of CMA’s journals is unbalance in China. For the purpose of improving reliability of medical research literatures, there is a need for CMA’s journals to post more strict requirement and put reporting guidelines in journals’ Instructions for Authors.
Objectives: To know the basic information of CMA journals and assess if they have a good reporting guide for authors on the Instructions.
Methods: We searched journals’ ‘Instructions for Authors’ on journals’ websites, databases or Google scholar, and extracted the information Instructions including journals’ publication place, publication frequency, reporting guidelines (PRISMA, STROBE or CONSORT) mentioned or not, requirement on papers format and so on by data extraction table predesigned. Journals included in this research are under CMA’s and published in Chinese only.
Results: Of 96 journals included, 44 (45.83%) published in the capital Beijing, 30 (31.25%) published in eastern region whicn excluding Beijing city and 22 (22.92%) published in other regions. 56 (58.33%) published monthly and 31(32.29%) bimonthly. 52 (54.17%) journals had submission system online already and 47 (48.96%) metioned peer-reviewed in Instructions for Authors, 11 (11.46%) published at home and abroad. On the requirement on research format, 43 (44.79%) mention ethics on people involved in and 1 (1.04%) mentioned ethic on animals test, 90 (93.75%) journals had requirement in form and 6 (6.25%) had requirement on content. 9 (9.38%) mentioned explaination of methods choosing and 17 (17.71%) required on study design. None mentioned authors to comply the recommendation in the relevant reporting guidelines policy on the requirement in research reporting.
Conclusions: The reporting requirement and distribution of CMA’s journals is unbalance in China. For the purpose of improving reliability of medical research literatures, there is a need for CMA’s journals to post more strict requirement and put reporting guidelines in journals’ Instructions for Authors.