Reporting Guidelines (EQUATOR)

To promote transparency, completeness, and reproducibility, CNJ requires authors to comply with internationally accepted reporting guidelines appropriate to their study design, as recommended by the EQUATOR Network.
Authors must:

• Identify the relevant reporting guideline(s)
• Prepare their manuscript in accordance with the guideline checklist
• Upload the completed checklist as a supplementary file at the time of submission

Commonly used guidelines include (but are not limited to):

Study Type	Guideline
Randomized trials	CONSORT
Observational studies	STROBE
Systematic reviews	PRISMA
Protocols	SPIRIT / PRISMA-P
Diagnostic accuracy studies	STARD
Prognostic studies	TRIPOD
Qualitative studies	COREQ / SRQR
Case reports	CARE

Adherence to these guidelines is mandatory and may be considered during editorial and peer review.