Reporting guidelines and trial registries endorsed by cardiology journals
| Journal | Impact factor | Guidelines | Registry | ||||||||||||||||||||
| EQUATOR Network | ICMJE | ARRIVE | CARE | CONSORT | STARD | TRIPOD | CHEERS | MOOSE | STROBE | COREQ | SRQR | SQUIRE | PRISMA-P | SPIRIT | PRISMA | QUOROM | ClinicalTrials.gov | WHO | Other/generic (trial) | PROSPERO | Other/generic (review) | ||
| Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 17.759 | No | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Circulation | 17.074 | No | Yes | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ||||||||||||||
| European Heart Journal | 15.064 | No | Yes | ★ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||
| Circulation Research | 11.551 | No | Yes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ||||||||||||||||
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JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging | 7.815 | No | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions | 7.630 | No | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 7.509 | No | Yes | ★ | |||||||||||||||||||
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JACC: Heart Failure | 7.218 | No | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Circulation: Heart Failure | 6.833 | No | Yes | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ||||||||||||||
| Basic Research in Cardiology | 6.008 | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | 5.752 | Yes | Yes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ✓ | ★ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging | 5.744 | No | Yes | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ||||||||||||||
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions | 5.706 | No | Yes | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ||||||||||||||
| Heart | 5.693 | Yes | Yes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | |||||
| Cardiovascular Research | 5.465 | No | Yes | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||
| European Journal of Heart Failure | 5.135 | No | Yes | (?) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Journal of the American Heart Association | 5.117 | No | Yes | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ||||||||||||||
| Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 4.874 | No | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International Journal of Cardiology | 4.638 | No | Yes | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | |||||||||||||||||
★=required/compulsory, ✓=recommended, ?=unclear, boxes filled with grey=journal does not accept the study design requiring these guidelines, boxes filled with red=journal does not accept the study design yet the ‘Instructions for Authors’ mention the guideline. All data were extracted on 28 October 2016. (?)=‘A minimum amount of relevant information must be included in manuscripts published in this journal to ensure that the methods and results of a study can be reviewed, analysed and repeated. EJHF will therefore refer to the ARRIVE (Animals in Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments).’ Impact factor reflects the impact factor as of 22 August 2016, the date the top 20 journals were selected.