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Table 3 Reporting guidelines mentioned in the instructions to authors of veterinary journals (n = 16)

From: A survey of the awareness, knowledge, policies and views of veterinary journal Editors-in-Chief on reporting guidelines for publication of research

Reporting guideline

Number of journals*

Percentage of respondents*

ARRIVE (research using laboratory animals)

4

25.0

CONSORT (randomised controlled trials/RCTs)

4

25.0

REFLECT (RCTs for livestock and food safety)

4

25.0

PRISMA (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)

3

18.8

STARD (diagnostic accuracy studies)

3

18.8

STROBE (observational studies)

3

18.8

ICMJE (Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals)

2

12.5

ORION (outbreak reports and intervention studies of nosocomial infection)

1

6.3

  1. *Numbers and percentages add up to more than 16 and 100% respectively because some journals referred to more than one reporting guideline.