Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA primarily focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating the effects of human health interventions but can be applied outside of the health sciences.
Key PRISMA documents include:
RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses in environmental research (ROSES)
ROSES is a collaborative initiative with the aim of improving the standards of reporting in evidence syntheses in the field of environment. At the core of ROSES is a set of detailed state-of-the art forms for ensuring evidence syntheses report their methods to the highest possible standards.
Key ROSES documents include:
Center for Environmental Collaboration (CEE)
CEE is an open community of stakeholders working towards a sustainable global environment and the conservation of biodiversity. CEE seeks to promote and deliver evidence syntheses on issues of greatest concern to environmental policy and practice as a public service.
Key CEE documents:
REPOrting of primary empirical research Studies in Education (The REPOSE Guidelines)
Mark Newman and Diana Elbourne of the EPPI Centre have produced a draft set of ‘reporting guidelines’ which authors might use in reporting primary empirical studies in education so that readers of articles can more accurately assess the usefulness of the findings. The guidelines may also be of use to Journal Editors and Peer Reviewers.
Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR)
Standards for the conduct and reporting of new Cochrane Intervention Reviews.
Methodological Expectations of Campbell Collaboration Intervention Reviews (MECCIR)
Standards for the conduct and reporting of Campbell systematic reviews.
