AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP joint position statement on medical publications, preprints, and peer review

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Item	Medical Writer Reviewer	Clinical Reviewer	Biostatistical Reviewer	Peer Reviewer A	Peer Reviewer B
Source documents (if available and required by journal)
Clinical Study Protocol
Redacted Clinical Study Report Synopsis
Statistical Analysis Plan
Tables/Listings/Graphs
Attestations
Data sharing statement (ICMJE template)
Author contribution form^a
Signed author forms confirming that the authors had full access to the data reported in the article and accept responsibility for submitting the article^b
Author confirmation that verified data were used to develop the manuscript
Conflict of interest statement (ICMJE template recommended)
List of sources of funding for the study and any supporting activities
Suggested Checks for Preprint Editorial Review
Manuscript contains no offensive or nonscientific content
No material is plagiarized
Basics of the statistical methods are sound (eg, adequacy of analysis population, adequate handling of missing data)
Endpoints and inclusion/exclusion criteria are in alignment with the study registration on a publicly available registry (eg, ClinicalTrials.gov), provided this is required. For primary reports of clinical trials, all endpoints are mentioned in the results section.
Content is consistent and clear across each section of the manuscript (eg, information in abstract matches results, hypothesis posed in introduction is addressed in discussion)
Discussion points and conclusions are supported by the reported data
Adherence to guidelines (eg, CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, SPIRIT, CARE) Specify guideline(s):______________________
No ethical concerns
Additional Checks for Peer Review
Further statistical considerations: Adequacy of sample size calculation (eg, adequate comparator) Adequacy of statistical methods Check for random errors Sources of bias addressed
Methodological quality^c Confounding influences (eg, concomitant treatments) Inadequate disclosure of information Misinterpretation
Study design^c Adequacy and relevance of endpoints Adequacy of inclusion/exclusion criteria Blinding Adequacy of follow-up period Adequacy of reporting of complications Adequacy of data presentation

^aShould include a question if medical writing support was used

^bMay be merged with author contribution form.

^cAdapted from MEDDEV 2.7/1; alternatively, other criteria can be used to appraise the manuscript (eg, https://libguides.napier.ac.uk/litrev/critapp).

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