Citing the CONSORT Statement from the website (for authors)
When referring to the CONSORT Statement, we
recommend using
journal article citations rather than referring to the CONSORT Statement
website. If you are not already using a journal article citation, please cite
one of
the following original publications of the CONSORT 2010 Statement:
- Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. Ann Int Med 2010;152. Epub 24 March.
- Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMC Medicine 2010, 8:18. (24 March 2010)
- Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ 2010;340:c332.
- Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated
guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. J Clin Epi 2010;
- Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010
statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials. Obstet Gynecol 2010;115(5):[pages TBD]. - Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D; for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials. Open Med 2010;4(1):60-68.
- Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomised Trials. PLoS Med 2010;7(3): e1000251. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000251
- Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. Trials 2010, 11:32. (24 March 2010)
Moreover, since the CONSORT Statement should be read in conjunction with the CONSORT Explanation and Elaboration Document, the website combines both. Therefore, you should also be citing:
- Moher D, Hopewell S, Schulz KF, Montori V, Gøtzsche PC, Devereaux PJ, Elbourne D, Egger M, Altman DG, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trial. BMJ 2010;340:c869.
- Moher D, Hopewell S, Schulz KF, Montori V, Gøtzsche PC, Devereaux PJ,
Elbourne D, Egger M, Altman DG, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010
Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel
group randomised trial. J Clin Epi 2010;
Using the CONSORT Statement
The CONSORT Statement and the CONSORT Explanation and Elaboration
Document are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution License, which permits use, distribution, and
reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are
credited.
However, because the guidelines represent a consensus agreed through successive drafts by the CONSORT Group, they should not be edited or modified in any way, although it is acceptable to publish portions (e.g., the summary).
Page last edited: 25 March 2010
