| Relevant writing and publication of animal experimental studies |
| Participated in writing manuscripts of animal experimental studies |
143 (53.8) |
45 (38.1) |
98 (66.2) |
0.000 |
| Published animal experimental studies |
120 (45.1) |
28 (23.7) |
92 (62.2) |
0.000 |
| Wrote and reported animal experimental results mainly based on |
| 1. References of relevant published studies |
218 (82.0) |
95 (80.5) |
123 (83.1) |
0.584 |
| 2. Requirements of journal editors |
97 (36.5) |
48 (40.7) |
49 (33.1) |
0.203 |
| 3. The instruction to the authors provided by targeted journals |
86 (32.3) |
43 (36.4) |
43 (29.1) |
0.201 |
| 4. Personal preferences and choices |
52 (19.5) |
23 (19.5) |
29 (19.6) |
0.983 |
| 5. Others |
10 (3.8) |
6 (5.1) |
4 (2.7) |
0.310 |
| Awareness of the ARRIVE guidelines and GSPC |
| 1. Heard of the ARRIVE guidelines |
25 (9.4) |
7 (5.9) |
18 (12.2) |
0.084 |
| 2. Understood and were familiar with the ARRIVE guidelines |
8 (3.0) |
3 (2.5) |
5 (3.4) |
0.692 |
| 3. Heard of GSPC |
24 (9.0) |
6 (5.1) |
18 (12.2) |
0.045 |
| 4. Understood and were familiar with GSPC |
9 (3.4) |
5 (4.2) |
4 (2.7) |
0.492 |
| 5. Believed it was necessary to develop a checklist to report results of animal experimental studies and to standardize the report of findings |
219 (82.3) |
96 (81.4) |
123 (83.1) |
0.710 |
