Reporting Guidelines

Select reporting guidelines for your research before beginning. Reporting guidelines may vary by discipline or study type. Be sure to also consult author guidelines for the specific journal to which you will submit your work.

Systematic Review Reporting Guidelines

• PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020)  For systematic reviews in healthcare, use PRISMA. The 2020 PRISMA Statement is intended to help authors improve the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Learn more about PRISMA guidelines here.

Scoping Review Reporting Guidelines

• JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: Scoping Reviews

  Comprehensive chapter from the Joanna Briggs Institute on how to conduct a scoping review.

• PRISMA Scoping Review Extension Reporting Guideline

  Includes the statement and explanation, as well as the checklist.

Other Guidelines

Equator Network EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability and value of published health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines.

• Selecting the Appropriate Reporting Guideline for Your Article
• Reporting Guidelines for Main Study Types
• EQUATOR Reporting Guideline Decision Tree Which Guidelines are Relevant to My Work?

ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals. Updated January, 2024. ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) developed these recommendations to review best practice and ethical standards in the conduct and reporting of research and other material published in medical journals, and to help authors, editors, and others involved in peer review and biomedical publishing create and distribute accurate, clear, reproducible, unbiased medical journal articles. Authors should use these recommendations along with individual journals’ instructions to authors. Authors should also consult guidelines for the reporting of specific study types, see Equator Network .

Journals stating that they follow the ICMJE Recommendations