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ArticleExperimental physiology2020

The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research.

Nathalie Percie du Sert, Viki Hurst, Amrita Ahluwalia, Sabina Alam, Marc T Avey, Monya Baker, William J Browne, Alejandra Clark, Innes C Cuthill, Ulrich Dirnagl and 18 more

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Article in Experimental physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

123 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Nathalie Percie du SertHead of Experimental Design and Reporting, NC3Rs, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9478-0540
Viki HurstScience Manager - Experimental Design and Reporting, NC3Rs, London, United Kingdom.
Amrita AhluwaliaProfessor of Vascular Pharmacology, Co-Director, The William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7626-6399
Sabina AlamDirector of Publishing Ethics and Integrity, Taylor & Francis Group, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8615-9658
Marc T AveyLead Health Scientist, Health Science Practice, ICF, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-8696-3232
Monya BakerSenior Editor, Opinion, Nature, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
William J BrowneProfessor of Statistics, School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6659-6885
Alejandra ClarkSenior Editor, Team Manager - Life Sciences, PLOS ONE, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1292-0408
Innes C CuthillProfessor of Behavioural Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5007-8856
Ulrich DirnaglDirector, QUEST Center for Transforming Biomedical Research, Berlin Institute of Health & Department of Experimental Neurology, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0755-6119
Michael EmersonReader in Platelet Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Paul GarnerProfessor, and Director of the Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health, Clinical Sciences Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0607-6941
Stephen T HolgateMRC Clinical Professor, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
David W HowellsProfessor of Neuroscience and Brain Plasticity, Tasmanian School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2512-7724
Natasha A KarpPrincipal Scientist - Statistician & UK Team Lead, Data Sciences & Quantitative Biology, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8404-2907
Stanley E LazicChief Scientific Officer, Prioris.ai Inc, Ottawa, Canada.
Katie LidsterProgramme Manager - Animal Welfare, NC3Rs, London, United Kingdom.
Catriona J MacCallumDirector of Open Science, Hindawi Ltd, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9623-2225
Malcolm MacleodProfessor of Neurology and Translational Neuroscience, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9187-9839
Esther J PearlProgramme Manager - Experimental Design, NC3Rs, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6510-0959
Ole H PetersenDirector of the Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6998-0380
Frances RawleDirector of Policy, Ethics and Governance, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8877-6262
Penny ReynoldsBiostatistician, Statistics in Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Core & Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7480-6275
Kieron RooneyAssociate Professor, Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6563-7617
Emily S SenaStroke Association Kirby Laing Foundation Senior Non-Clinical Lecturer, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3282-8502
Shai D SilberbergDirector of Research Quality, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Thomas StecklerAssociate Director, BRQC Animal Welfare Strategy Lead, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9927-5121
Hanno WürbelProfessor for Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2934-3010

Funding

Medical Research Council G0800766Medical Research Council G19/34National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC3RS001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reproducible science requires transparent reporting. The ARRIVE guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) were originally developed in 2010 to improve the reporting of animal research. They consist of a checklist of information to include in publications describing in vivo experiments to enable others to scrutinise the work adequately, evaluate its methodological rigour, and reproduce the methods and results. Despite considerable levels of endorsement by funders and journals over the years, adherence to the guidelines has been inconsistent, and the anticipated improvements in the quality of reporting in animal research publications have not been achieved. Here, we introduce ARRIVE 2.0. The guidelines have been updated and information reorganised to facilitate their use in practice. We used a Delphi exercise to prioritise and divide the items of the guidelines into 2 sets, the "ARRIVE Essential 10," which constitutes the minimum requirement, and the "Recommended Set," which describes the research context. This division facilitates improved reporting of animal research by supporting a stepwise approach to implementation. This helps journal editors and reviewers verify that the most important items are being reported in manuscripts. We have also developed the accompanying Explanation and Elaboration document, which serves (1) to explain the rationale behind each item in the guidelines, (2) to clarify key concepts, and (3) to provide illustrative examples. We aim, through these changes, to help ensure that researchers, reviewers, and journal editors are better equipped to improve the rigour and transparency of the scientific process and thus reproducibility.

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Guidelines as TopicAnimal ExperimentationAnimalsChecklistReproducibility of ResultsResearch Design

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PMID32666546
PMCPMC7610926

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