Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist

The particularly interdisciplinary nature of human microbiome research makes the organization and reporting of results spanning epidemiology, biology, bioinformatics, translational medicine and statistics a challenge. Commonly used reporting guidelines for observational or genetic epidemiology studi...

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Main Authors: Mirzayi, C, Renson, A, Zohra, F, Elsafoury, S, Geistlinger, L, Kasselman, LJ, Eckenrode, K, van de Wijgert, J, Loughman, A, Marques, FZ, MacIntyre, DA, Arumugam, M, Azhar, R, Beghini, F, Bergstrom, K, Bhatt, A, Bisanz, JE, Braun, J, Bravo, HC, Buck, GA, Bushman, F, Casero, D, Clarke, G, Collado, MC, Cotter, PD, Cryan, JF, Demmer, RT, Devkota, S, Elinav, E, Escobar, JS, Fettweis, J, Finn, RD, Fodor, AA, Forslund, S, Franke, A, Furlanello, C, Gilbert, J, Grice, E, Haibe-Kains, B, Handley, S, Herd, P, Holmes, S, Jacobs, JP, Karstens, L, Knight, R, Knights, D, Koren, O, Kwon, DS, Dowd, JB
Other Authors: Genomic Standards Consortium
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021
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author Mirzayi, C
Renson, A
Zohra, F
Elsafoury, S
Geistlinger, L
Kasselman, LJ
Eckenrode, K
van de Wijgert, J
Loughman, A
Marques, FZ
MacIntyre, DA
Arumugam, M
Azhar, R
Beghini, F
Bergstrom, K
Bhatt, A
Bisanz, JE
Braun, J
Bravo, HC
Buck, GA
Bushman, F
Casero, D
Clarke, G
Collado, MC
Cotter, PD
Cryan, JF
Demmer, RT
Devkota, S
Elinav, E
Escobar, JS
Fettweis, J
Finn, RD
Fodor, AA
Forslund, S
Franke, A
Furlanello, C
Gilbert, J
Grice, E
Haibe-Kains, B
Handley, S
Herd, P
Holmes, S
Jacobs, JP
Karstens, L
Knight, R
Knights, D
Koren, O
Kwon, DS
Dowd, JB
author2 Genomic Standards Consortium
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Renson, A
Zohra, F
Elsafoury, S
Geistlinger, L
Kasselman, LJ
Eckenrode, K
van de Wijgert, J
Loughman, A
Marques, FZ
MacIntyre, DA
Arumugam, M
Azhar, R
Beghini, F
Bergstrom, K
Bhatt, A
Bisanz, JE
Braun, J
Bravo, HC
Buck, GA
Bushman, F
Casero, D
Clarke, G
Collado, MC
Cotter, PD
Cryan, JF
Demmer, RT
Devkota, S
Elinav, E
Escobar, JS
Fettweis, J
Finn, RD
Fodor, AA
Forslund, S
Franke, A
Furlanello, C
Gilbert, J
Grice, E
Haibe-Kains, B
Handley, S
Herd, P
Holmes, S
Jacobs, JP
Karstens, L
Knight, R
Knights, D
Koren, O
Kwon, DS
Dowd, JB
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description The particularly interdisciplinary nature of human microbiome research makes the organization and reporting of results spanning epidemiology, biology, bioinformatics, translational medicine and statistics a challenge. Commonly used reporting guidelines for observational or genetic epidemiology studies lack key features specific to microbiome studies. Therefore, a multidisciplinary group of microbiome epidemiology researchers adapted guidelines for observational and genetic studies to culture-independent human microbiome studies, and also developed new reporting elements for laboratory, bioinformatics and statistical analyses tailored to microbiome studies. The resulting tool, called 'Strengthening The Organization and Reporting of Microbiome Studies' (STORMS), is composed of a 17-item checklist organized into six sections that correspond to the typical sections of a scientific publication, presented as an editable table for inclusion in supplementary materials. The STORMS checklist provides guidance for concise and complete reporting of microbiome studies that will facilitate manuscript preparation, peer review, and reader comprehension of publications and comparative analysis of published results.
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spelling oxford-uuid:0f3724f7-8c1f-435f-b34e-8b1d428bc9e22023-04-26T10:26:08ZReporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklistJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0f3724f7-8c1f-435f-b34e-8b1d428bc9e2EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer Nature2021Mirzayi, CRenson, AZohra, FElsafoury, SGeistlinger, LKasselman, LJEckenrode, Kvan de Wijgert, JLoughman, AMarques, FZMacIntyre, DAArumugam, MAzhar, RBeghini, FBergstrom, KBhatt, ABisanz, JEBraun, JBravo, HCBuck, GABushman, FCasero, DClarke, GCollado, MCCotter, PDCryan, JFDemmer, RTDevkota, SElinav, EEscobar, JSFettweis, JFinn, RDFodor, AAForslund, SFranke, AFurlanello, CGilbert, JGrice, EHaibe-Kains, BHandley, SHerd, PHolmes, SJacobs, JPKarstens, LKnight, RKnights, DKoren, OKwon, DSDowd, JBGenomic Standards ConsortiumMassive Analysis and Quality Control SocietyThe particularly interdisciplinary nature of human microbiome research makes the organization and reporting of results spanning epidemiology, biology, bioinformatics, translational medicine and statistics a challenge. Commonly used reporting guidelines for observational or genetic epidemiology studies lack key features specific to microbiome studies. Therefore, a multidisciplinary group of microbiome epidemiology researchers adapted guidelines for observational and genetic studies to culture-independent human microbiome studies, and also developed new reporting elements for laboratory, bioinformatics and statistical analyses tailored to microbiome studies. The resulting tool, called 'Strengthening The Organization and Reporting of Microbiome Studies' (STORMS), is composed of a 17-item checklist organized into six sections that correspond to the typical sections of a scientific publication, presented as an editable table for inclusion in supplementary materials. The STORMS checklist provides guidance for concise and complete reporting of microbiome studies that will facilitate manuscript preparation, peer review, and reader comprehension of publications and comparative analysis of published results.
spellingShingle Mirzayi, C
Renson, A
Zohra, F
Elsafoury, S
Geistlinger, L
Kasselman, LJ
Eckenrode, K
van de Wijgert, J
Loughman, A
Marques, FZ
MacIntyre, DA
Arumugam, M
Azhar, R
Beghini, F
Bergstrom, K
Bhatt, A
Bisanz, JE
Braun, J
Bravo, HC
Buck, GA
Bushman, F
Casero, D
Clarke, G
Collado, MC
Cotter, PD
Cryan, JF
Demmer, RT
Devkota, S
Elinav, E
Escobar, JS
Fettweis, J
Finn, RD
Fodor, AA
Forslund, S
Franke, A
Furlanello, C
Gilbert, J
Grice, E
Haibe-Kains, B
Handley, S
Herd, P
Holmes, S
Jacobs, JP
Karstens, L
Knight, R
Knights, D
Koren, O
Kwon, DS
Dowd, JB
Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist
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