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Published online 2015 Apr 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121585
Table 1
Editors’ Level of Agreement with Statements Relating to Use of Reporting Guidelines.
| N | Median | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importance of journal to promote use of reporting guidelines | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Importance for improving reporting completeness that authors follow reporting guidelines | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Importance of reporting guidelines for peer reviewers when reviewing articles | 40 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Importance that there is a mechanism for giving feedback to reporting guideline developers | 41 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Editorial board should consider evidence for reporting guideline before including them in instructions to authors | 38 | 4.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Transparency of development of reporting guidelines is important when considering use | 40 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Enforcing the use of reporting guidelines is too time consuming | 40 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| A reporting guideline is too prescriptive for authors when writing up a study | 39 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Meeting the requirements of the journal is more important than using a reporting guideline | 41 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| There aren't relevant reporting guidelines for my journal’s field of research | 37 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Importance of website with explanatory information | 40 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Importance of an explanation and elaboration document | 40 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Importance of courses, workshops or lectures to support the use of reporting guideline | 39 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Importance of endorsement of reporting guideline from professional societies | 40 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Importance of use of reporting guideline by peers | 40 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Scale of 1 (no agreement) – 5 (strong agreement), with 3 being “neutral”.