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, cite one of
the following original publications of the CONSORT Statement 2001:
- Moher D, Schulz
KF, Altman DG. The
CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports
of parallel-group randomised trials. Lancet 2001; 357(9263):1191-1194.
- Moher D,
Schulz KF, Altman D. The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for
improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials. JAMA 2001;
285(15):1987-1991.
- Moher D, Schulz
KF, Altman DG. The
CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports
of parallel-group randomized trials. Ann Intern Med 2001; 134(8):657-662.
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:
- Altman DG, Schulz KF, Moher D, Egger M. Davidoff F, Elbourne D, Gøtzsche PC, Lang T. The revised CONSORT statement for reporting randomized trials: explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med 2001; 134(8):663-694.
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).
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