Medicine and Health

Systematic review and meta-analyses of studies analysing instructions to authors from 1987 to 2017

M. Malički, A. Jerončić, et al.

Discover how scholarly journals have evolved over three decades in providing instructions to authors, addressing crucial topics like authorship and ethics. This systematic review and meta-analysis, conducted by leading researchers including Mario Malički and Ana Jerončić, reveals significant trends and variations across disciplines and countries.

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Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis examines changes in scholarly journals' recommendations by analyzing Instructions to Authors (ItAs) from 1987 to 2017. The study summarizes 153 studies and meta-analyzes how often ItAs addressed authorship, conflicts of interest, data sharing, ethics approval, funding disclosure, and ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts. Significant between-study heterogeneity was observed, explained by factors such as time, country, database indexation, impact factor, discipline, and sub-discipline. Addressing of topics generally increased over time, but large differences existed between countries and disciplines, with Health Sciences journals showing greater coverage.

Publisher

Nature Communications

Published On

Oct 05, 2021

Authors

Mario Malički, Ana Jerončić, Ijsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Lex Bouter, Gerben ter Riet

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