In 1980, Altman wrote that misuse of statistics in medical research was unethical (Altman,
1980). This article was the first of many, written to improve the standard of statistical analysis …

In the last decade the number of bioscience journals has increased enormously. The
emergence of open access journals has further revolutionized the publication process …

Improving the reproducibility of biomedical research is a major challenge. Transparent and
accurate reporting is vital to this process; it allows readers to assess the reliability of the …

British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) is pleased to publish a new set of guidelines for
reporting research involving animals, simultaneously with several other journals; the …

INTRODUCTION Background 3 a. Include sufficient scientific background (including relevant
references to previous work) to understand the motivation and context for the study, and …

THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETIES in the UK have been aware
for some time that statistical testing and data presentation in our journals can fall short of the …

For scientific, ethical and economic reasons, experiments involving animals should be
appropriately designed, correctly analysed and transparently reported. This increases the …

The ARRIVE guidelines have been implemented in BJP for 4 years with the aim of
increasing transparency in reporting experiments involving animals. BJP has assessed our …

Reproducible science requires transparent reporting. The ARRIVE guidelines (Animal
Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) were originally developed in 2010 to improve …

Estimates of the number of non-human animals used in research vary between 10 million
and 50 million [1, 2]. As a publisher, we receive submissions from scores of research groups …