Peer review

A scoping review protocol on the roles and tasks of peer reviewers in the manuscript review process in biomedical journals
Ketevan Glonti, Daniel Cauchi, Erik Cobo, Isabelle Boutron, David Moher, Darko Hren

BMJ Open Oct 2017, 7 (10) e017468; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017468
Professional medical writing support and the quality of randomised controlled trial reporting: a cross-sectional study
William T Gattrell, Sally Hopewell, Kate Young, Paul Farrow, Richard White, Elizabeth Wager, Christopher C Winchester

BMJ Open Feb 2016, 6 (2) e010329; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010329
Retrospective analysis of the quality of reports by author-suggested and non-author-suggested reviewers in journals operating on open or single-blind peer review models
Maria K Kowalczuk, Frank Dudbridge, Shreeya Nanda, Stephanie L Harriman, Jigisha Patel, Elizabeth C Moylan

BMJ Open Sep 2015, 5 (9) e008707; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008707
Does a research article's country of origin affect perception of its quality and relevance? A national trial of US public health researchers
M Harris, J Macinko, G Jimenez, M Mahfoud, C Anderson

BMJ Open Dec 2015, 5 (12) e008993; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008993
Why articles are retracted: a retrospective cross-sectional study of retraction notices at BioMed Central
Elizabeth C Moylan, Maria K Kowalczuk

BMJ Open Nov 2016, 6 (11) e012047; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012047
STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration
Jérémie F Cohen, Daniël A Korevaar, Douglas G Altman, David E Bruns, Constantine A Gatsonis, Lotty Hooft, Les Irwig, Deborah Levine, Johannes B Reitsma, Henrica C W de Vet, Patrick M M Bossuyt

BMJ Open Nov 2016, 6 (11) e012799; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012799
On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers
Danielle L Herbert, Adrian G Barnett, Philip Clarke, Nicholas Graves

BMJ Open Jan 2013, 3 (5) e002800; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002800

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