... writing a scientific paper

Tools

• Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (Mulford Health Science Library, University of Toledo, USA; collection of links to the Instructions to Authors of over 6,000 journals in the health and life sciences)
• SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) and CONSORT (CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials) (standards of reporting trials: evidence-based recommendations, checklist and flow diagram for reporting randomized trials)
• MOOSE Consensus Statement (Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology: an evidence-based checklist summarizing recommendations for reporting meta-analyses of observational studies)
• STROBE Statement (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology: checklists for the assessment of cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies)
• PRISMA Statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses)
• SQUIRE Statement (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence: guidelines for reporting new knowledge about how to improve healthcare)
• Think Check Submit (a checklist to choose the right journal for your research)

Further reading

• ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (Vancouver Style) (best practice and ethical standards in the conduct and reporting of research and other material published in medical journals)