RIAT-friendly journals

The RIAT initiative would be unable to achieve its objectives without the willingness of medical journals to consider RIAT manuscripts for publication.  Journals are not only the gatekeepers for publishing RIAT articles but can also elevate biomedical publishing by insisting that trial manuscripts are published alongside the underlying data.

The following is a list of “RIAT-friendly” journals–that is, journals willing to consider RIAT manuscripts for possible publication.

• The BMJ (endorsement of RIAT)
• PLOS Medicine (endorsement of RIAT)
• Headache (endorsement of RIAT)
• BMJ Open (endorsement of RIAT)
• JAMA
• Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine (endorsement of RIAT)
• Lancet
• Pediatrics
• PLOS ONE (endorsement of RIAT)
• Trials (endorsement of RIAT)
• Cephalalgia (endorsement of RIAT)

Here are the steps you can take to become a RIAT-friendly journal:

1. Indicate your journal’s willingness to accept RIAT manuscripts. Submit a rapid response to the RIAT declaration here: http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f2865/submit-a-rapid-response
2. Let us know about it!  Once your rapid response is published on the BMJ website, send us the following info via email to info@restoringtrials.org
   • URL to the rapid response
   • Journal name & URL
   • Editor-in-Chief’s name and email address

Here are some ways to promote RIAT to your authors:

1. Publish an Editorial about RIAT in your journal
2. Write a blog on your journal’s or publisher’s website
3. Include “Instructions to Authors” specific to RIAT manuscripts (modify text about manuscript types or about randomized trial submissions to indicate your willingness to publish RIAT studies and include a link to the RIAT website, www.restoringtrials.org)
4. Republish the RIAT declaration as open-access with appropriate copyright (CC-BY-NC 3.0)

Contact us for help with/writing any of the above!