Changes to the 'Author Guidelines' for animal and laboratory studies submitted to the International Endodontic Journal.

Abstract

The PRIASE 2021 and PRILE 2021 guidelines were developed based on the Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines (Moher et al., 2010). In brief, for each guideline, the project leaders (VN and PD) formed a steering committee with various world-leading experts. Each steering committee developed an initial draft checklist and flowchart deemed essential for writing manuscripts describing animal or laboratory studies specifically related to Endodontology. The new guidelines were developed by combining and modifying several existing guidelines [e.g. ARRIVE; modified CONSORT checklist of items for reporting in vitro studies of dental materials; Clinical and Laboratory Images in Publications (CLIP) principles] but also adding several new items. Each steering committee created a Delphi group with approximately 30 members and an Online Meeting group with approximately 20 members from across the globe. The Delphi group members were invited to participate in an online Delphi process to achieve consensus on the items to be included in each guideline as well as each flowchart. The checklists and flowcharts were then discussed during the online meetings. Based on the feedback received from the meetings, each steering committee revised the guidelines (checklists and flowcharts) and piloted them by asking several experts to write hypothetical manuscripts describing animal or laboratory studies related to Endodontology whilst using the PRIASE 2021 or PRILE 2021 guidelines. The template of the checklist and flowchart related to each guideline are freely accessible on the ‘Preferred Reporting Items for study Designs in Endodontology (PRIDE)’ website (www.pride-endodonticguidelines.org) within the relevant PRIDE statements. The International Endodontic Journal has endorsed the PRIASE 2021 and PRILE 2021 guidelines in the expectation they will improve the quality, transparency and completeness of manuscripts submitted to the Journal within those categories. From now on, the International Endodontic Journal will expect authors to adhere to the PRIASE 2021 and PRILE 2021 guidelines when submitting manuscripts describing animal and laboratory studies, respectively. Authors are expected to include the relevant checklist (not published within the manuscript but used by referees and editors) and flowchart (published as a figure in the manuscript for readers to visualize) in their submission material, just as they do for a PRISMA statement. To assure readers that the guidelines have been adhered to, authors are expected to include the following statement as the first paragraph within the ‘Materials and Methods’ section. For animal studies: ‘The manuscript of this animal study has been written according to Preferred Reporting Items for Animal studies in Endodontology (PRIASE) 2021 guidelines (Nagendrababu et al., 2021). Figure X is a visual representation of the study design and its outcomes’. It is recommended that authors consult the following papers when writing manuscripts, which explain the rationale for the PRIASE 2021 guidelines and their importance: Nagendrababu V, Kishen A, Murray PE, Nekoofar MH, de Figueiredo JA, Priya E, Jayaraman J, Pulikkotil SJ, Camilleri J, RM S, Dummer PMH (2021) PRIASE 2021 guidelines for reporting animal studies in Endodontology: a consensus-based development. International Endodontic Journal 54, 848–57. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iej.13477). Nagendrababu V, Kishen A, Murray PE, Nekoofar MH, de Figueiredo JA, Priya E, Jayaraman J, Pulikkotil SJ, Jakovljevic A, Dummer PMH (2021) PRIASE 2021 guidelines for reporting animal studies in Endodontology: Explanation and Elaboration. International Endodontic Journal 54, 858–86. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iej.13481). For laboratory studies: ‘The manuscript of this laboratory study has been written according to Preferred Reporting Items for Laboratory studies in Endodontology (PRILE) 2021 guidelines (Nagendrababu et al., 2021). Figure X is a visual representation of the study design and its outcomes’. It is recommended that authors consult the following papers when writing manuscripts, which explain the rationale for the PRILE 2021 guidelines and their importance: Nagendrababu V, Murray PE, Ordinola-Zapata R, OA Peters, IN Rôças, JF Siqueira Jr, E Priya, J Jayaraman, SJ Pulikkotil, J Camilleri, C Boutsioukis, G Rossi-Fedele, PMH Dummer (2021) PRILE 2021 guidelines for reporting laboratory studies in Endodontics: a consensus-based development. International Endodontic Journal May 3. https://doi.org/10.1111/iej.13542. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/iej.13542). Nagendrababu V, Murray PE, Ordinola-Zapata R, OA Peters, IN Rôças, JF Siqueira Jr, E Priya, J Jayaraman, SJ Pulikkotil, N Suresh, PMH Dummer (2021) PRILE 2021 guidelines for reporting laboratory studies in Endodontics: Explanation and elaboration. International Endodontic Journal May 13. doi: 10.1111/iej.13565. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iej.13565) The ‘Author guidelines’ section for submission of animal and laboratory studies to the Journal are being revised to align with the new reporting guidelines, see: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/13652591/homepage/forauthors.html Clinicians, academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students can provide feedback on the PRIDE website as well as on the individual guidelines by using the ‘Contact Us’ page of the PRIDE website—http://pride-endodonticguidelines.org/contact/. The entire suite of PRIDE guidelines and associated editorials and supporting manuscripts are available on the Wiley Online Library site for the International Endodontic Journal at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/13652591/homepage/pride-guidelines.htm The International Endodontic Journal looks forward to receiving high-quality manuscripts that report animal and laboratory studies.