Background Prospective trial registration is a powerful tool to prevent reporting bias. We
aimed to determine the extent to which published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were …

Abstract The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
statement, first published in 2009 [1], was developed in an attempt to increase the clarity …

Background Reporting quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses is of critical
importance in dermatology because of their key role in informing health care decisions …

Background Reporting bias refers to the phenomenon in which the reporting of research
findings is influenced by the nature of the results. Without the totality of evidence, clinical …

Background Clinical trials form the backbone of evidence-based medicine. ClinicalTrials.
gov is the world's largest clinical trial registry, and the state of clinical trials in plastic and …

Introduction Previous studies have established a baseline of minimal reproducibility in the
social science and biomedical literature. Clinical research is especially deficient in factors of …

Announcing AMS Protocols Page 1 Scientific research is a booming industry with increasing
scientific knowledge over the decades having a profound impact on healthcare and wider …

A research protocol states the rationale, objectives, hypothesis, methodology, source of
funding, institutional affiliations and potential conflicts of interest of a proposed study (Moher …