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Letters |17 December 2002

Reflections on Medical Journals

David Moher, MSc; Kenneth F. Schulz, PhD; Douglas G. Altman, DSc; Drummond Rennie, MD

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  • University of Ottawa; Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada Family Health International; Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Centre for Statistics in Medicine; Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom JAMA, Chicago, IL 60610; University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 94143
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TO THE EDITOR:
Dr. Kassirer makes statements about journals that, because he has not troubled to present data, are hard to check (1). Nevertheless, we were amused by his response to “Standardization,” particularly when he is attempting to determine whether progress has made medical journals better. He writes, “A small cadre of editors recently recommended that authors of original research papers standardize their content” and then pours scorn on such efforts as CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials). Had he read the article he cites by Rennie (2), he would have realized that the effort sprang from a serious problem, recognized by nonscientists in the community (3); that there was extensive consultation with scientists worldwide; and that throughout, editors constituted a small minority. Their role was in implementing what the community wanted.
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Moher D, Schulz KF, Altman DG, Rennie D. Reflections on Medical Journals. Ann Intern Med. ;137:1011–1012. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-12-200212170-00033

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(12):1011-1012.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-12-200212170-00033

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