评估杂志附录中发表的文章的质量,与母期刊中发表的文章的质量进行比较
P A Rochon1, J H Gurwitz, C M Cheung
1Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, University of Toronto, North York, Ontario, Canada.
JAMA
|July 13, 1994
概括
在期刊补充剂中的随机对照试验显示质量低于母期刊中的质量. 这表明需要对所有期刊刊物进行一致的审查流程.
科学领域:
- 医学研究质量评估 医学研究质量评估
- 科学出版的标准是科学出版的标准.
- 心脏病学和内科医学杂志.
背景情况:
- 期刊补充是出版研究的常见场所.
- 补充中的文章质量与母期刊的质量并未得到充分理解.
- 确保高质量的科学出版物对于基于证据的医学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较发表在期刊补充中的随机对照试验 (RCT) 和其母期刊的质量.
- 确定补充和母期刊文章之间的方法和报告的潜在差异.
- 为科学期刊出版提供最佳实践信息.
主要方法:
- 在1990-1992年间发表在三个主要心脏病学期刊上,对成年人药物治疗的RCT进行系统审查.
- 为了确定相关文章,MEDLINE搜索,最初选了318个摘要.
- 由三个盲目审稿人使用标准化评分系统对242篇全文文章进行独立质量评估.
主要成果:
- 27.7%的评论文章发表在期刊补充中.
- 与母期刊 (38.5%) 相比,补充中的文章的质量得分明显较低 (33.6%).
- 补充文章还在最终分析中包含了较少比例的最初随机选择的患者.
结论:
- 发表在期刊补充中的随机对照试验通常质量低于母期刊中的随机对照试验.
- 这些发现突出了补充出版物的同行评审过程中的潜在不一致性.
- 建议对补充剂的审查标准与母期刊的审查标准进行调整,以确保一致的研究质量.
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