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Reporting standards
What you should be measuring against
The rigor audit above evaluates your manuscript against the canonical reporting frameworks for your study type. Use these references to self-check before submission.
CONSORT 2025
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
Randomized controlled trials
ARRIVE 2.0
Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments
In vivo animal research
STROBE
Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
Observational studies (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional)
PRISMA 2020
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
MDAR
Materials Design, Analysis and Reporting
Life sciences research transparency
TRIPOD+AI
Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model
Prediction model studies, including AI/ML
Maintained by the EQUATOR Network and the standard authors. Αlpha¹ does not maintain these guidelines — we evaluate manuscripts against them.
Community Reports
Rigor reports shared by researchers