From the journals' online author instructions we extracted information regarding endorsement of four domains of editorial policy: the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts, trial registration, disclosure of conflicts of interest and five major reporting guidelines such as the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement.
Journals in China should obey international criteria for publication (such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, etc) and require documentation of ethics approval and clinical trial registration before manuscript acceptance.
The basic data sources that have been used in this manuscript are the: Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletins released by the Registrar General of India Reports of the Coverage Evaluation Surveys (CES) by UNICEF Bulletins on Rural Health Statistics (RHS), State-Wise Progress reports, and Common Review Mission reports released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
This manuscript describes the experience from registration until randomisation for a cohort of 2260 patients with osteosarcoma who joined the EURAMOS-1 trial.
AM participated in the conception of the study project, supervised all the phases of the project (i.e., training, data collection, activities coordination, data registration), revised the manuscript.
SJ contributed to the PET/CT acquisitions, PET/CT reconstruction, image registration and quantification, and manuscript correction.
DCW aided in construction of the atlas, performed image registration, and edited the manuscript.
RJH aided in construction of the atlas, performed image registration, and edited the manuscript.
ANT aided in construction of the atlas, performed image registration, and edited the manuscript.
KC carried out the random assignment, allocation, and trial registration and drafted the manuscript.
Fourteen journals (25.5%) mentioned the URM in the context of trial registration (n=2) or general manuscript preparation (n=12).
