- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication: http://www.icmje.org/icmje.pdf
- Hierarchy of Evidence from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine: http://www.cebm.net/levels_of_evidence.asp
- CONSORT statement and checklist for quality reporting of randomized controlled trials: http://www.consort-statement.org/Statement/revisedstatement.htm and http://www.consort-statement.org/Statement/revisedstatement.htm#checklist
- ASSERT statement -- the articulation of A Standard for the Scientific and Ethical Review of Trials: http://www.assert-statement.org/
- QUOROM statement for quality reporting of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: http://www.consort-statement.org/Evidence/evidence.html#quorom
- QUOROM statement checklist for quality reporting of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: http://www.consort-statement.org/QUOROM.pdf
- STARD initiative for complete and accurate reporting of studies on diagnostic accuracy: http://www.consort-statement.org/Initiatives/newstard.htm
- STROBE statement for quality reporting of observational studies: http://www.strobe-statement.org/
- MOOSE statement for quality reporting of meta-analyses of observational studies: http://www.consort-statement.org/Initiatives/MOOSE/moose.pdf
- AMA Citation & Reference Style Guide: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/ama.html