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The EQUATOR Network
HeadquartersUniversity of Oxford
URLwww.equator-network.org
CommercialNo
Launched2008
Current statusActive

TheEnhancing the Quality and Transparency of health research Network(EQUATOR Network[1]) is an international initiative aimed at promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research studies to enhance the value and reliability ofmedical researchliterature.[2]The EQUATOR Network is hosted by theUniversity of Oxford,and was established with the goals of raising awareness of the importance of good reporting of research, assisting in the development, dissemination and implementation of reporting guidelines for different types of study designs, monitoring the status of the quality of reporting of research studies in the health sciences literature, and conducting research relating to issues that impact the quality of reporting of health research studies.[3]The Network acts as an "umbrella" organisation, bringing together developers of reporting guidelines, medical journal editors and peer reviewers, research funding bodies, and other key stakeholders with a mutual interest in improving the quality of research publications and research itself. The EQUATOR Network comprises five centres at theUniversity of Oxford(UK, Professor Gary Collins),Bond University(Australia, ProfessorPaul Glasziouand Professor Tammy Hoffman),Paris Descartes University(France, Professor Philippe Ravaud),Ottawa Hospital Research Institute(Canada, ProfessorDavid Moher), andHong Kong Baptiste University(China, Professor Zhaoxiang Bian).

History

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The EQUATOR Network grew out as part of spin-off projects generated after the work initiated by theConsolidated Standards of Reporting Trialsgroup and other guideline development groups to alleviate the problems arising from inadequate reporting ofrandomized controlled trialsand other types of health research studies. The EQUATOR project began in March 2006 as part of a one-year project funded by the UK National Knowledge Science, from theNational Health Service(NHS).[4]The group founded byDouglas Altmanwhilst at theUniversity of Oxfordplanned a program that would develop online resources and training to encourage the use of reporting guidelines in scientific publishing in the health area[5][6]to improve the quality of reporting of health research studies, identifying key stakeholders engaged in these activities and networking with them.

The first international working meeting of the EQUATOR Network took place inOxfordin 2006 and was attended by 27 participants from 10 countries.[7]Participants at this meeting were reporting guidelines developers, journal editors, peer reviewers, medical writers and research funders. The meeting served as a venue to exchange experiences among participants in developing, using and implementing reporting guidelines and prioritize the main activities that were necessary for the successful start of the EQUATOR Network's efforts.

The EQUATOR Network was formally launched on 26 June 2008 at theRoyal Society of MedicineinLondon,UK. The event also hosted the 1st EQUATOR Annual Lecture presented by SirIain Chalmers.In that meeting, the results of a study by Iveta Simera,Douglas Altman,David Moher,Kenneth Schulz and John Hoey, were presented, and published two years later.[8]The study identified the need for a coordinated work between publishers, researchers and funders to improve the quality of the research output.

Since then, the EQUATOR Network has held annual lectures that have been held inVancouver(Canada) in 2009,Oxford(UK) in 2010,Bristol(UK) in 2011, andFreiburg(Germany) in 2012.

The EQUATOR Network Library

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The EQUATOR Network developed and maintains a comprehensive library that provides a collection of publications related to reporting guidelines on scientific writing, empirical evidence supporting or refuting the inclusion of crucial items in reporting guidelines, evaluations of the quality of reporting, publication ethics and educational materials and tools for editors, peer reviewers and researchers. Comprehensive lists of reporting guidelines for the following study types are available in the EQUATOR Network library:

Additional guidelines are available for practical issues relevant to the reporting of health research:

See also

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References

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  1. ^Simera, I; Moher, D; Hirst, A; Hoey, J; Schulz, KF; Altman, DG (2010)."Transparent and accurate reporting increases reliability, utility, and impact of your research: reporting guidelines and the EQUATOR Network".BMC Medicine.8:24.doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-24.PMC2874506.PMID20420659.Open access icon
  2. ^Simera, I.; Moher, D.; Hoey, J.; Schulz, K. F.; Altman, D. G. (2010)."A catalogue of reporting guidelines for health research".European Journal of Clinical Investigation.40(1): 35–53.doi:10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02234.x.PMID20055895.[dead link]
  3. ^Simera, I; Altman, DG (October 2009). "Writing a research article that is" fit for purpose ": EQUATOR Network and reporting guidelines".Evidence-Based Medicine.14(5): 132–4.doi:10.1136/ebm.14.5.132.PMID19794009.S2CID220165173.
  4. ^"A history of the evolution of guidelines for reporting medical research: the long road to the EQUATOR Network".The James Lind Library.Retrieved22 March2019.
  5. ^"Resources in Spanish / Recursos en español | The EQUATOR Network".Retrieved22 March2019.
  6. ^"Fond farewells: Celebrating Iveta Simera's decade with the EQUATOR Network | The EQUATOR Network".Retrieved22 March2019.
  7. ^History: EQUATOR Network; [Available from:http://www.equator-network.org/about-us/history/.
  8. ^Simera I, Altman DG, Moher D, Schulz KF, Hoey J (2008)."Guidelines for reporting health research: the EQUATOR network's survey of guideline authors".PLOS Med.5(6): e139.doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050139.PMC2443184.PMID18578566.{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^Chan, An-Wen; Tetzlaff, Jennifer M.; Altman, Douglas G.; Laupacis, Andreas; Gøtzsche, Peter C.; Krleža-Jerić, Karmela; Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn; Mann, Howard; Dickersin, Kay; Berlin, Jesse A.; Doré, Caroline J.; Parulekar, Wendy R.; Summerskill, William S.M.; Groves, Trish; Schulz, Kenneth F. (5 February 2013)."SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials".Annals of Internal Medicine.158(3): 200–207.doi:10.7326/0003-4819-158-3-201302050-00583.ISSN0003-4819.PMC5114123.PMID23295957.
  10. ^Schulz, K. F; Altman, D. G; Moher, D.; for the CONSORT Group (23 March 2010)."CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials".BMJ.340(mar23 1): c332.doi:10.1136/bmj.c332.ISSN0959-8138.PMC2844940.PMID20332509.
  11. ^Elm, Erik von; Altman, Douglas G; Egger, Matthias; Pocock, Stuart J; Gøtzsche, Peter C; Vandenbroucke, Jan P (20 October 2007)."Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies".BMJ.335(7624): 806–808.doi:10.1136/bmj.39335.541782.AD.ISSN0959-8138.PMC2034723.PMID17947786.
  12. ^Gagnier, Joel J.; Kienle, Gunver; Altman, Douglas G.; Moher, David; Sox, Harold; Riley, David (2013)."The CARE Guidelines: Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting Guideline Development".Global Advances in Health and Medicine.2(5): 38–43.doi:10.7453/gahmj.2013.008.ISSN2164-9561.PMC3833570.PMID24416692.
  13. ^Bossuyt, Patrick M; Reitsma, Johannes B; Bruns, David E; Gatsonis, Constantine A; Glasziou, Paul P; Irwig, Les; Lijmer, Jeroen G; Moher, David; Rennie, Drummond; de Vet, Henrica C W; Kressel, Herbert Y; Rifai, Nader; Golub, Robert M; Altman, Douglas G; Hooft, Lotty (28 October 2015)."STARD 2015: an updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies".BMJ.351:h5527.doi:10.1136/bmj.h5527.ISSN1756-1833.PMC4623764.PMID26511519.
  14. ^Collins, Gary S.; Reitsma, Johannes B.; Altman, Douglas G.; Moons, Karel G.M. (6 January 2015)."Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis (TRIPOD): The TRIPOD Statement".Annals of Internal Medicine.162(1): 55–63.doi:10.7326/M14-0697.hdl:1874/333473.ISSN0003-4819.PMID25560714.
  15. ^Page, Matthew J; McKenzie, Joanne E; Bossuyt, Patrick M; Boutron, Isabelle; Hoffmann, Tammy C; Mulrow, Cynthia D; Shamseer, Larissa; Tetzlaff, Jennifer M; Akl, Elie A; Brennan, Sue E; Chou, Roger; Glanville, Julie; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn; Lalu, Manoj M (29 March 2021)."The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews".BMJ.372:n71.doi:10.1136/bmj.n71.ISSN1756-1833.PMC8005924.PMID33782057.
  16. ^PRISMA-P Group; Moher, David; Shamseer, Larissa; Clarke, Mike; Ghersi, Davina; Liberati, Alessandro; Petticrew, Mark; Shekelle, Paul; Stewart, Lesley A (2015)."Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement".Systematic Reviews.4(1): 1.doi:10.1186/2046-4053-4-1.ISSN2046-4053.PMC4320440.PMID25554246.
  17. ^Snell, Kym I E; Levis, Brooke; Damen, Johanna A A; Dhiman, Paula; Debray, Thomas P A; Hooft, Lotty; Reitsma, Johannes B; Moons, Karel G M; Collins, Gary S; Riley, Richard D (3 May 2023)."Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA)".BMJ.381:e073538.doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-073538.ISSN1756-1833.PMC10155050.PMID37137496.
  18. ^O’Brien, Bridget C.; Harris, Ilene B.; Beckman, Thomas J.; Reed, Darcy A.; Cook, David A. (2014)."Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research: A Synthesis of Recommendations".Academic Medicine.89(9): 1245–1251.doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000000388.ISSN1040-2446.PMID24979285.
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  20. ^Percie du Sert, Nathalie; Hurst, Viki; Ahluwalia, Amrita; Alam, Sabina; Avey, Marc T.; Baker, Monya; Browne, William J.; Clark, Alejandra; Cuthill, Innes C.; Dirnagl, Ulrich; Emerson, Michael; Garner, Paul; Holgate, Stephen T.; Howells, David W.; Karp, Natasha A. (14 July 2020). Boutron, Isabelle (ed.)."The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research".PLOS Biology.18(7): e3000410.doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000410.ISSN1545-7885.PMC7360023.PMID32663219.
  21. ^Stevens, Gretchen A; Alkema, Leontine; Black, Robert E; Boerma, J Ties; Collins, Gary S; Ezzati, Majid; Grove, John T; Hogan, Daniel R; Hogan, Margaret C; Horton, Richard; Lawn, Joy E; Marušić, Ana; Mathers, Colin D; Murray, Christopher J L; Rudan, Igor (2016)."Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement".The Lancet.388(10062): e19–e23.doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30388-9.hdl:20.500.11820/e4565dab-c865-415c-ae89-a4654eb6fc2a.PMID27371184.
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  24. ^Little, Julian; Higgins, Julian P. T.; Ioannidis, John P. A.; Moher, David; Gagnon, France; von Elm, Erik; Khoury, Muin J.; Cohen, Barbara; Davey-Smith, George; Grimshaw, Jeremy; Scheet, Paul; Gwinn, Marta; Williamson, Robin E.; Zou, Guang Yong; Hutchings, Kim (2009)."STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)—an extension of the STROBE statement".Genetic Epidemiology.33(7): 581–598.doi:10.1002/gepi.20410.hdl:1765/50806.ISSN0741-0395.PMID19278015.
  25. ^Collins, Gary S; Moons, Karel G M; Dhiman, Paula; Riley, Richard D; Beam, Andrew L; Van Calster, Ben; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Liu, Xiaoxuan; Reitsma, Johannes B; van Smeden, Maarten; Boulesteix, Anne-Laure; Camaradou, Jennifer Catherine; Celi, Leo Anthony; Denaxas, Spiros; Denniston, Alastair K (16 April 2024)."TRIPOD+AI statement: updated guidance for reporting clinical prediction models that use regression or machine learning methods".BMJ.385:e078378.doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-078378.ISSN1756-1833.PMC11019967.PMID38626948.
  26. ^Liu, Xiaoxuan; Cruz Rivera, Samantha; Moher, David; Calvert, Melanie J.; Denniston, Alastair K.; The SPIRIT-AI and CONSORT-AI Working Group; SPIRIT-AI and CONSORT-AI Steering Group; Chan, An-Wen; Darzi, Ara; Holmes, Christopher; Yau, Christopher; Ashrafian, Hutan; Deeks, Jonathan J.; Ferrante di Ruffano, Lavinia; Faes, Livia (2020)."Reporting guidelines for clinical trial reports for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the CONSORT-AI extension".Nature Medicine.26(9): 1364–1374.doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1034-x.ISSN1078-8956.PMC7598943.PMID32908283.
  27. ^Vasey, Baptiste; Nagendran, Myura; Campbell, Bruce; Clifton, David A; Collins, Gary S; Denaxas, Spiros; Denniston, Alastair K; Faes, Livia; Geerts, Bart; Ibrahim, Mudathir; Liu, Xiaoxuan; Mateen, Bilal A; Mathur, Piyush; McCradden, Melissa D; Morgan, Lauren (18 May 2022)."Reporting guideline for the early stage clinical evaluation of decision support systems driven by artificial intelligence: DECIDE-AI".BMJ.377:e070904.doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-070904.ISSN1756-1833.PMC9116198.PMID35584845.
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