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Table 3 “Instructions to authors” of journals that endorsed STRICTA

From: STRICTA: is it time to do more?

Journal

Mention of STRICTA

Specific requirement of STRICTA (quote)

STRICTA website link

Appropriate reference

Mention of EQUATOR

Other reporting guidelines

Acupuncture in Medicine

Yes

All acupuncture treatment should be described according to the current STRICTA recommendations

No, but hyperlink to the STRICTA checklist

Yes

Yes

CONSORT, PRISMA, MOOSE, STROBE, STARD, SQUIRE

Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Yes

The reporting of acupuncture treatment needs to follow STRICTA guidelines

Yes, but inaccessible URL

NR

No

CONSORT, QUOROM

Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur/German Journal of Acupuncture and Related Techniques

Yes

For better reporting of acupuncture trial interventions, please adhere to STRICTA

Yes

NR

No

No

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Yes

For controlled trials of acupuncture, use our preferred reporting criteria based on the STRICTA guidelines

Yes

No (Inappropriate Title)

No

CONSORT

Journal of Integrative Medicine

No

NR

No

NR

No

CONSORT, PRISMA

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Yes

All acupuncture treatment should be described according to the current STRICTA recommendations

Yes

Yes

No

CONSORT, PRISMA

Korean Journal of Acupuncture

No

NR

No

NR

No

No

Medical Acupuncture

Yes

All papers must adhere to the new STRICTA 2010 requirements

Yes

NR

No

No

PLoS Medicine

No

NR

No

NR

Yes

CONSORT, PRISMA, STARD, STROBE, MIAME, MIBBI, ARRIVE

  1. NA: not reported
  2. STRICTA: Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture; EQUATOR: Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research; CONSORT: Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; PRISMA: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; MOOSE: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology; STROBE: Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology; STARD: Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy; SQUIRE: Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence; QUOROM: Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses; MIAME: Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment; MIBBI: Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations; ARRIVE: Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments