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Table 3 Specification in Instructions for Authors of Six Publication Procedures Designed to Improve Research Integrity by 2018 JCR Q1 and Q2 Nutrition and Dietetics Journals that Publish Original Research (n = 33)a

From: High impact nutrition and dietetics journals’ use of publication procedures to increase research transparency

Journal COI Disclosure Recommends Guidelines Clinical Trial Registrationb Other Registration Data Sharing Registered Reports Total
1 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ 5
2 Clinical Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
3 International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ 5
4 Food Chemistry ✓ ✓c ✓c ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
5 International Journal of Obesity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
6 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry ✓ ✓d ✓c ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
7 European Journal of Nutrition ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ 2
8 Journal of Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ 4
9 Nutrients ✓ ✓e ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
10 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
11 Journal of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ 1
12 Obesity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
13 Nutritional Neuroscience ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
14 Hepatobiliary Surgery & Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ 3
15 Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ 5
16 Food Policy ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ 3
17 Nutrition & Metabolism ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ 5
18 Nutrition Journal ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ 5
19 Nutrition ✓ ✓f ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
20 International Journal of Eating Disorders ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
21 Appetite ✓ ✓g ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ 3
22 Applied Physiology Nutrition & Metabolism ✓ ✓c ✓ c ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
23 Nutrition Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
24 British Journal of Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ 3
25 Maternal & Child Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
26 Journal of Functional Foods ✓ ✓g ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ 3
27 European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
28 Nutrition & Diabetes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ 4
29 Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ 4
30 Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism ✓ ✓h ✓c ✗ ✗ ✗ 3
31 Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ 3
32 Beneficial Microbes ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ 1
33 Genes & Nutrition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ 5
TOTAL 33 30 27 8 25i 0 123
  1. Notes
  2. a ✓ = journal recommends use of the procedure; ✗ = journal does not recommend use of the procedure. Rows 1–13 are JCR Q1 journals and rows 14–33 are Q2 journals.
  3. b Three journals (Food Policy, Appetite and Journal of Functional Foods) contained a link to their publisher which stated that it supported clinical trial registration for relevant journals. These were rated ✗ (No) in the table as the language in linked document is vague and does not state which journals are relevant.
  4. c Procedure mentioned only in a document linked to the instructions for authors, but not in the actual instructions.
  5. d One set of guidelines mentioned in the instructions for authors (ARRIVE) and one (CONSORT) mentioned only in a document inked to these.
  6. e Three sets of guidelines are mentioned in the instructions for authors (PRISMA; CONSORT; ARRIVE), and these and one other (TOP) are mentioned in a document linked to instructions.
  7. f One set of guidelines mentioned in the instructions for authors (CONSORT) and two (CONSORT; ARRIVE) mentioned in a document linked to these.
  8. g One set of guidelines mentioned in the instructions for authors (ARRIVE) and two (CONSORT; ARRIVE) mentioned in a document linked these.
  9. h Two sets of guidelines mentioned in the instructions for authors (the EQUATOR Network and PRISMA) and one (ARRIVE) mentioned in a document linked to these.
  10. i 22 of the 25 journals encourage data sharing for all types of studies. Additionally, Obesity and Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism each requires a written data sharing statement for clinical trials, but not for papers reporting other study designs. Only Nutrition and Diabetes requires data sharing as a condition of publication.
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