背景:国际医学杂志编辑委员会(ICMJE)发表了《行为建议》,报告,编辑,医学期刊学术工作的出版。这些为撰写和编辑医学文章提供了全球标准,包括研究完整性。然而,没有一项研究检查了日本医学期刊“作者指南”的研究完整性相关内容。因此,我们将ICMJE会员期刊中的研究完整性内容与日本医学科学协会(JAMS)的英语和日语期刊中的研究完整性内容进行了比较。
方法:这是一项描述性文献研究。截至2021年9月1日,我们从JAMS网站上列出的英语和日语期刊以及ICMJE网站上列出的ICMJE成员期刊获得了作者说明。我们比较了作者说明中20个主题(ICMJE建议中的19个主题加上ICMJE的合规性)的存在,并分析了利益冲突披露的内容。
结果:我们评估了12种ICMJE会员期刊,以及82种英语和99种日语小组委员会期刊。ICMJE成员期刊涵盖的主题中位数为10.5,英语期刊为10,三个是日语期刊。10家(83%)ICMJE成员期刊提到了ICMJE的合规性,75(91%)英语期刊,和29种(29%)日语期刊。七份(64%)ICMJE成员期刊要求使用ICMJE利益冲突披露表格,15种(18%)英语期刊,和一本(1%)日语杂志。
结论:尽管JAMS英语期刊中的主题与ICMJE成员期刊中的主题相似,在JAMS日语期刊中,ICMJE相关主题纳入的中位数比ICMJE会员期刊低约1/3.希望利益冲突披露政策与ICMJE标准不同的日语期刊采用国际标准,以遏制不当行为并确保出版物质量。
BACKGROUND: The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has published Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. These provide a global standard for writing and editing medical articles, including research integrity. However, no study has examined the research integrity-related content of Japanese medical journals\' Instructions for Authors. We therefore compared research integrity content in ICMJE member journals with those in the English- and Japanese-language journals of the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences (JAMS).
METHODS: This was a descriptive literature study. We obtained Instructions for Authors from English- and Japanese-language journals listed on the JAMS website and the ICMJE member journals listed on the ICMJE website as of September 1, 2021. We compared the presence of 20 topics (19 in the ICMJE Recommendations plus compliance with ICMJE) in the Instructions for Authors, and analyzed the content of the conflict of interest disclosure.
RESULTS: We evaluated 12 ICMJE member journals, and 82 English-language and 99 Japanese-language subcommittee journals. The median number of topics covered was 10.5 for ICMJE member journals, 10 for English-language journals, and three for Japanese-language journals. Compliance with ICMJE was mentioned by 10 (83%) ICMJE member journals, 75 (91%) English-language journals, and 29 (29%) Japanese-language journals. The ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form was requested by seven (64%) ICMJE member journals, 15 (18%) English-language journals, and one (1%) Japanese-language journal.
CONCLUSIONS: Although the topics in the JAMS English-language journals resembled those in the ICMJE member journals, the median value of ICMJE-related topic inclusion was approximately one-third lower in JAMS Japanese-language journals than in ICMJE member journals. It is hoped that Japanese-language journals whose conflict of interest disclosure policies differ from ICMJE standards will adopt international standards to deter misconduct and ensure publication quality.