Comparison of Instructions to Authors and Reporting of Ethics Components in Selected African Biomedical Journals: 2008 and 2017-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Comparison of Instructions to Authors and Reporting of Ethics Components in Selected African Biomedical Journals: 2008 and 2017

Published:2024-09-02 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1556-2646
Container-title:Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Author:

Dipeolu Isaac O.¹²³^ORCID,Wassenaar Douglas R.³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Health Promotion & Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

2. Research Graduate, South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI), School of Applied Human Sciences, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

3. South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI), School of Applied Human Sciences, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Abstract

Journal editors instruct authors to describe human participant protections in original research reports. However, little is known about African biomedical journal authors’ adherence to such journal editors’ instructions. This study investigated changes in editors’ instructions to authors and authors’ reporting of research ethics information in selected African biomedical journals between 2008 and 2017. Twelve selected journal websites and online articles were reviewed in Eastern, Southern, and Western African [ESWA] countries. A pre-tested schema and a checklist were used to collect data from journal websites and articles published in 2008 and 2017, and the data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Half of the journals requested prospective authors to disclose ethics approval and related issues in their manuscripts between 2008 and 2017. There was a significant increase in instructions to authors regarding information on the protection of research participants within this period; more authors complied with these requirements in 2017 than in 2007.

Funder

Fogarty International Center (FIC) and NIAID of the National Institutes of Health

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15562646241276237

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