Reporting approval by research ethics committees and subjects' consent in human resuscitation research

Reporting ethical processes in two Indian journals

“…It has been found that 24% to 84% of articles published in various scientific journals do not mention about ECA, while 22% to 75% of published studies do not inform readers about written informed consent being taken [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Table 4. The journal, the year of publication, and the type of study design influence the proportion of published studies mentioning about these ethical aspects.…”

“…Generally it has been observed that over the years, there has been an increase in the proportion of studies reporting on these details. [5,10] Most of these studies have included randomized controlled trials [6,10,12] or prospective study designs for analysis. [5] Our study unearthed a relatively less reported fact: the proportion of articles with retrospective study design reporting about ECA was abysmally low (just over 8%).…”

“…[5,10] Most of these studies have included randomized controlled trials [6,10,12] or prospective study designs for analysis. [5] Our study unearthed a relatively less reported fact: the proportion of articles with retrospective study design reporting about ECA was abysmally low (just over 8%). One possible reason for this could be that researchers and reviewers might not be aware that such clearance is necessary even when data is being analyzed retrospectively.…”

“…In fact, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) [4] expects the authors to indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards laid out by the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional or national) and with the Declaration of Helsinki. Although these aspects have been studied the world over, [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] there is hardly any data emerging from India, especially concerning studies carried out in children. Hence a study was carried out to determine the proportion of research studies published in the two Indian pediatric journals that addressed these ethical processes.…”

Do Editorial Policies Support Ethical Research? A Thematic Text Analysis of Author Instructions in Psychiatry Journals

“…However, empirical data from several studies throughout the last two decades suggest insufficient reporting of ethics review approvals and IC procedures in peer-reviewed articles and metaanalysis [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Weil and colleagues demonstrated that only 52% of the articles in paediatric journals reported ethical approval and one in seven studies had not undergone REC review [15].…”