Table 1 Recommendations provided in author instructions of Open Access (OA) pediatric journals
Recommendation | Â | Geographical location of editorial office No. (% of column total) | Category of publisher No. (% of column total) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | All journals N = 41 | Africa N = 1 | Australasia N = 11 | Europe | South America N = 9 | North America N = 6 | OA Publishing House N = 13 | Other publisher N = 14 | Professional organization N = 14 | |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | without UK N = 11 | UK N = 3 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts | 27 (65.9) | 1 (100) | 7 (63.6) | 7 (63.6) | 3 (100) | 7 (77.8) | 2 (33.3) | 10 (77.0) | 8 (57.1) | 9 (66.3) |
Trial registration | 13 (31.7) | 1 (100) | 3 (27.3) | 2 (18.2) | 3 (100) | 3 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 8 (61.5) | 1 (7.1) | 4 (28.6) |
Conflict of interest | 26 (63.4) | 1 (100) | 7 (63.6) | 6 (54.5) | 3 (100) | 6 (66.7) | 3 (50) | 13 (100) | 6 (42.9) | 7 (50.0) |
CONSORT | 12 (29.3) | 1 (100) | 5 (45.5) | 1 (9.1) | 3 (100) | 1 (11.1) | 1 (16.7) | 9 (69.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (21.4) |
STROBE | 3 (7.3) | 1 (100) | 2 (18.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.1) |
STARD | 8 (19.5) | 1 (100) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (9.1) | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (53.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.1) |
MOOSE | 8 (19.5) | 1 (100) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (9.1) | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (53.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.1) |
PRISMA (QUOROM) | 8 (19.5) | 1 (100) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (9.1) | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (53.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.1) |
EQUATOR | 4 (9.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (30.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |