From Checklists to Tools: Lowering the Barrier to Better Research Reporting

PLoS Med. 2015 Nov 24;12(11):e1001910. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001910. eCollection 2015 Nov.

Abstract

The PLOS Medicine Editors reflect on the future of research reporting checklists.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Checklist*
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Humans
  • Peer Review, Research / standards
  • Periodicals as Topic*
  • Publishing / standards*
  • Writing / standards*

Grants and funding

The authors are each paid a salary by the Public Library of Science, and they wrote this editorial during their salaried time.