Table 1 Study design categories
From: Biomedical journal speed and efficiency: a cross-sectional pilot survey of author experiences
Category | Examples |
|---|---|
Observational or other study | Case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, cohort studies, retrospective analyses of data collected prospectively, case study/series, pharmacokinetic studies. |
Clinical trial | Single or multi-arm prospective interventional studies with or without randomization. |
Systematic review and/or meta-analysis | Any mention of the words “systematic review,” “systematic search,” “meta-analysis,” and “rapid systematic review” in the title and/or abstract. |