The first acronym in the title, STREGA (Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic Association
studies), is the latest scion on the growing tree of publication guidelines, and is
published in this issue of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and in several other journals [
[1]
]. Most readers of this journal will recognize at least one of the acronyms—all are
publication guidelines for diverse types of studies. The list is far from complete,
and a cynic might be forgiven for thinking that there are now so many publication
guidelines that nobody can keep track of, and that they will all sink quietly into
oblivion. However, there is a watchdog, called EQUATOR (Enhancing the Quality and
Transparency of Health Research), a network of guidelines that grew out of the work
of several guideline groups [
[2]
]: it aims to monitor and propagate the use of guidelines, “to improve the quality
of scientific publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health
research” [
[3]
].http://www.equator-network.org/, Accessed December 19, 2008.
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Published online: February 02, 2009
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