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Reporting Guidelines for Survey Research: An Analysis of Published Guidance and Reporting Practices 1 1 1,2 3 1,2 2 Carol Bennett *, Sara Khangura , Jamie C. Brehaut , Ian D. Graham , David Moher , Beth K. Potter , Jeremy M. Grimshaw1,4 1 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Canada, 2 Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 3 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Canada, 4 Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Abstract Background: Research needs to be reported transparently so readers can critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of the design, conduct, and analysis of studies. Reporting guidelines have been developed to inform reporting for a variety of study designs. The objective of this study was to identify whether there is a need to develop a reporting guideline for survey research. Methods and Findings: We conducted a three-part project: (1) a systematic review of the literature (including ‘‘Instructions to Authors’’ from the top five journals of 33 medical specialties and top 15 general and internal medicine journals) to identify guidance for reporting survey research; (2) a systematic review of evidence on the quality of reporting of surveys; and (3) a review of reporting of key quality criteria for survey research in 117 recently published reports of self-administered surveys. Fewer than 7% of medical journals (n = 165) provided guidance to authors on survey research despite a majority having published survey-based studies in recent years. We identified four published checklists for conducting or reporting survey research, none of whi