Table 1.

Recommendations provided in author instructions of Open Access (OA) pediatric journals

Recommendation		Geographical location of editorial office No. (% of column total)						Category of publisher No. (% of column total)
	All journals N = 41	Africa N = 1	Australasia N = 11	Europe		South America N = 9	North America N = 6	OA Publishing House N = 13	Other publisher N = 14	Professional organization N = 14
				without UK N = 11	UK N = 3
ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts	27 (65.9)	1 (100)	7 (63.6)	7 (63.6)	3 (100)	7 (77.8)	2 (33.3)	10 (77.0)	8 (57.1)	9 (66.3)
Trial registration	13 (31.7)	1 (100)	3 (27.3)	2 (18.2)	3 (100)	3 (33.3)	1 (16.7)	8 (61.5)	1 (7.1)	4 (28.6)
Conflict of interest	26 (63.4)	1 (100)	7 (63.6)	6 (54.5)	3 (100)	6 (66.7)	3 (50)	13 (100)	6 (42.9)	7 (50.0)
CONSORT	12 (29.3)	1 (100)	5 (45.5)	1 (9.1)	3 (100)	1 (11.1)	1 (16.7)	9 (69.2)	0 (0)	3 (21.4)
STROBE	3 (7.3)	1 (100)	2 (18.2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (15.4)	0 (0)	1 (7.1)
STARD	8 (19.5)	1 (100)	3 (27.3)	1 (9.1)	3 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	7 (53.8)	0 (0)	1 (7.1)
MOOSE	8 (19.5)	1 (100)	3 (27.3)	1 (9.1)	3 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	7 (53.8)	0 (0)	1 (7.1)
PRISMA (QUOROM)	8 (19.5)	1 (100)	3 (27.3)	1 (9.1)	3 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	7 (53.8)	0 (0)	1 (7.1)
EQUATOR	4 (9.8)	0 (0)	1 (9.1)	0 (0)	3 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	4 (30.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)

ICMJE - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, CONSORT - Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, STROBE - Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology, STARD - Standards of Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy, MOOSE - Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology, PRISMA - Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, EQUATOR - Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research