Clinical Trials (journal)

Clinical Trials (journal)
Clinical Trials  
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Abbreviated title (ISO) clin. trials.
Discipline Toxicology
Language English
Edited by Steven N. Goodman
Publication details
Publisher SAGE Publications
Publication history 2004-present
Frequency Six times a year
Impact factor
(2010)		 2.356
Indexing
ISSN 1740-7745
LCCN 2004256012
OCLC number 300861591
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Clinical Trials, subtitled as Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials, is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the fields of toxicology and pharmacology. It is published six times a year by SAGE Publications on behalf of The Society for Clinical Trials (SCT). The journal's main editor is Steven M. Goodman (Johns Hopkins University) and the deputy editor is Barbara Hawkins (Johns Hopkins University).

Contents

Abstracting and indexing

Clinical Trials is abstracted and indexed in: Current Contents, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2010 impact factor is 2.356, ranking it 43rd out of 106 journals in the category "Medicine - Research & Experimental".[1]

Scope

The journal focuses on statistical methods for analyzing and designing clinical trials, including methods to handle departures from randomization and quality of life assessment. It covers methods for handling missing data, sample size calculations, the use of economic outcomes, and diagnostic testing methods.

Trials within the journal's scope address synthesis and evidence evaluation, including quality assessment of clinical trials, and comparisons of clinical trials and alternative research methodologies. It offers historical reviews of important trials or syntheses, including interviews with senior investigators of landmark trials, methods for education and training in clinical trial methods, and tutorials on methods related to clinical trial conduct and analysis.

References

  1. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Medicine, Research & Experimental". 2010 Journal Citation Reports (Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2011. 

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