Statistical reviewing policies of medical journals

Statistical reviewing for medical journals.

This paper reviews the difficulties associated with being a statistical reviewer for a medical journal. As background, I consider first the use of statistical reviewers by medical journals, medical journals' policies on statistical peer review, and the limited evidence of its effectiveness. The assessment of a manuscript is considered under the headings of design, methods of analysis, presentat...

Reporting Statistical Results in Medical Journals.

Statistical editors of the Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences (MJMS) must go through many submitted manuscripts, focusing on the statistical aspect of the manuscripts. However, the editors notice myriad styles of reporting the statistical results, which are not standardised among the authors. This could be due to the lack of clear written instructions on reporting statistics in the guideline...

Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals.

هديكچ : ياه هلاقم دادعت و يكشزپ ياه هلجم دادعت ،يشهوژپ ياه تيلاعف ريخا ياه لاس رد مولع ياه هلجم هب هك ي تسا هتفاي شيازفا يريگمشچ روط هب دوش يم لاسرا روشك يكشزپ . دوش يم هيارا يياه ليلحت و هيزجت اه هلاقم نيا رتشيب رد تسا هدش ماجنا اه تسيژولويمديپا و ناسانشرامآ يراي نودب هك . اب يدودح ات يكشزپ نارگشهوژپ مامت ًابيرقت هچ رگا ه انشآ رامآ ينابم درادن دوجو يرامآ لوصا و ميهافم اب اهنآ لماك ييانشآ يارب ي...

Research design and statistical methods in Chinese medical journals.

CONTEXT Study design and statistical analyses have improved in journals published in Western countries, but the type of research designs and statistical methods used in medical journals outside Western countries has not been assessed. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of research designs and statistical techniques used in Chinese medical journals, types of statistical errors present, and ...

STATISTICS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNALS OF IRAN