title: Comparative effectiveness research: challenges for medical journals.
abstract: Editors from a number of medical journals lay out principles for journals considering publication of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER). In order to encourage dissemination of this editorial, this article is freely available in PLoS Medicine and will be also published in Medical Decision Making, Croatian Medical Journal, The Cochrane Library, Trials, The American Journal of Managed Care, and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Institute, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Harold C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Sox
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helfand
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grimshaw
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dickersin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tovey
authors.forename: J André
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Knottnerus
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tugwell
mesh_terms: D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000592:standards*; D035081:Editorial Policies; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*