我国医学期刊编辑对医学研究报告规范的认知度

Cognition degree of guidelines on medical research reports for medical journal editors in China

【目的】了解我国医学期刊编辑对医学研究报告规范的整体认知情况及实践中存在的问题,探索解决对策。【方法】2018年5—9月,采用问卷调查形式,通过微信、QQ等平台对国内医学期刊编辑发放网络问卷,分析医学期刊编辑对医学研究报告规范的认知差别。【结果】288名参与调查的医学编辑中,全部知晓、均不知晓、虽然知晓但从未在工作中应用过5种国际医学研究报告规范的比例分别为4.5%、29.9%、32.7%;《生物医学期刊投稿统一要求》和CONSORT声明的知晓率、应用率、认可度均显著高于其他3种医学研究报告规范。88.1%的医学期刊编辑认为在"稿约"或"作者须知"中列出医学研究报告规范对提高医学论文质量具有帮助,99.0%的医学期刊编辑认为医学研究报告规范对本职工作非常或比较重要,且88.2%的医学期刊编辑表示非常或比较希望获得相关知识的系统培训。64.9%的医学期刊编辑将期刊协会或编辑学会等举办的专题讲座或培训课程作为系统学习的首要途径。【结论】我国医学期刊编辑对国际医学研究报告规范的知晓率和应用率普遍偏低,但对系统培训需求较高,期刊管理部门、学会及社会团体均应重视医学期刊编辑的重要作用,通过开展与医学研究报告规范相关的教育培训活动,提高医学期刊编辑的认知度。

[Purposes] This paper aims to investigate the overall cognition degree of the guidelines on medical research reports for editors of Chinese medical journals and the problems in their editing practice, so as to explore the corresponding countermeasures.[Methods] From May to September in 2018, an online questionnaire was distributed to domestic medical journal editors through WeChat and QQ, and their cognitive differences were analyzed.[Findings] Among 288 medical journal editors who participated in the survey, 4.5% of them know all the five reporting guidelines, 29.9% of them do not know any of them, and 32.7% of them know about the reporting guidelines, but never apply any one in editing work. The awareness rate, application rate, and acceptance rate of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals and the CONSORT statement are significantly higher than the other three reporting guidelines. 88.1% of the subjects believe that listing the guidelines on medical research report in the authors' instruction of the journal can help to improve the quality of medical research reports, 99.0% of them think the reporting guidelines are very important for their daily work, and 88.2% of them express great or comparative desire for systematic training on medical reporting guideline. 64.9% of them prefer the lectures or training courses held by schools, institutions, and associations as the primary form of receiving education compared to the other three options.[Conclusions] Chinese editors of medical journals are lack of knowledge in the guidelines on medical research reports with insufficient utilities in their practice. However, they have strong demands to learn them through systematic training programs. The journal management department, society, and social organization should value the role of medical editors. Training lessons about the reporting guidelines should be carried out for the purpose of facilitating their overall perception.