Checklists for Researchers
Short lists to run before you send something, so nothing important is left to memory at the point it matters most. This library is now complete: every item below is published and free to read, with the standard it is built to and the date that standard was read stated on the item itself.
Each item names the standard it is built to and the date that standard was read.
The library
Planned scope of the checklist collection
The collection is published as a list of planned checklists rather than as a completed collection, because advance notice of forthcoming items is more useful to readers than a page that appears only on completion. Readers may request a checklist that would be useful now, and requested items are prioritised.
Filters
Before database lock
Analysis plan finalised, estimands defined, derivations specified and blinding arrangements written down.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica Academybefore database lock checkliststatistical analysis planestimand ICH E9R1derived variable definitionstrial blinding arrangementsStatistical analysis planContract research organisationsChecklistResearch Data Analytics & AIFAIRAvailableBefore you publish data
De-identification, licence, repository, metadata and the availability statement that points at all four.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 6 minBy Pubrica Academybefore you publish data checklistdata de-identificationdata licencerepository selectionFAIR metadataResearch data serviceChecklistResearch PublicationAvailableBefore you respond to reviewers
Every comment numbered, every change located, every disagreement evidenced.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 6 minBy Pubrica Academybefore you respond to reviewers checklistrebuttal letter checkresponse letter numberinglocating manuscript changesevidenced disagreementResponse to reviewersChecklistResearch Data Analytics & AIPRISMA 2020AvailableBefore you start a review
Protocol registered, question framed, search peer-reviewed, screening rules agreed: the four that cannot be retrofitted.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica Academybefore you start a review checklistsystematic review pre-search checklistprotocol registrationsearch strategy peer reviewscreening rulesSystematic reviewChecklistResearch PublicationICMJEAvailableBefore you submit
Declarations, reporting checklist, figure specifications and reference check, in the order a screening editor applies them.
Posted 10 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica Academybefore you submit checklistmanuscript screening checkpre-submission orderdeclarations checklistreference checkManuscript checkChecklistResearch WritingAGREE IIAvailableAGREE II Scores an Existing Guideline’s Development Quality. It Does Not Tell Authors What to Report.
AGREE II is a 23-item instrument, in six domains, for appraising how rigorously an already-published clinical practice guideline was…
Posted 8 October 2026Reading time 6 minBy Pubrica AcademyAGREE IIguideline appraisalclinical practice guidelinequality assessmentReporting checklist reviewChecklistResearch WritingCAREAvailableCARE Is 13 Items for a Single Case, and It Does Not Prescribe a Fixed Section Order
The CARE guidelines are a 13-item checklist for reporting a single clinical case report. It explicitly does not require a rigid format —…
Posted 8 October 2026Reading time 6 minBy Pubrica AcademyCARE guidelinescase reportreporting guidelineReporting checklist reviewChecklistResearch WritingCHEERS 2022AvailableCHEERS 2022 Has 28 Items, and Its Own Task Force Warns Against Using It as a Quality Score
CHEERS 2022 is the current ISPOR-endorsed reporting standard for health economic evaluations — 28 items across cost-effectiveness…
Posted 8 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica AcademyCHEERShealth economic evaluationcost-effectivenessISPORreporting guidelineReporting checklist reviewChecklistResearch WritingCONSERVE 2021AvailableCONSERVE 2021 Is Not a Stand-Alone Checklist. It Is What You Add to CONSORT or SPIRIT When a Trial Gets Disrupted Mid-Course.
CONSERVE 2021 standardises how a randomised trial reports being modified mid-course by an extenuating circumstance — a pandemic, natural…
Posted 8 October 2026Reading time 6 minBy Pubrica AcademyCONSERVE 2021trial modificationCONSORT extensionSPIRIT extensionCOVID-19Reporting checklist reviewChecklistResearch WritingCONSORT 2010AvailableCONSORT 2010 Trials Report What Was Found Almost Universally. They Report How Bias Was Controlled Far Less Often.
The 25-item, 37-sub-item CONSORT 2010 checklist for reporting a standard two-group, parallel-design randomised trial. A newer CONSORT 2025…
Posted 8 October 2026Reading time 7 minBy Pubrica AcademyCONSORT 2010randomised controlled trialreporting guidelineflow diagramReporting checklist reviewHow these are built
Attribution of each resource to a standard and date
A template or flow chart encodes a rule, and rules change. Each resource that depends on a reporting guideline, a funder policy or a publisher requirement states the edition on which it was based and the date on which that edition was consulted, so that readers can confirm whether it remains current before relying on it.
The four rules
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Categories of checklists
The same material is classified in two ways: by resource type and by subject.
Elsewhere in Academy
Requests for priority checklists
The order in which items are added reflects reader requests, and suggested items are prioritised accordingly.