Dr. David Moher is a senior scientist, clinical epidemiology program,
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, where he directs the centre for
journalology (publication science) (http://www.ohri.ca/journalology/ ). Dr. Moher is also an Associate
Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Ottawa, where he holds a University Research Chair. Dr. Moher holds
an MSc in epidemiology and PhD in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics.
Dr. Moher has been involved in developing the science of how to optimally
conduct and report systematic reviews for most of his professional career.
Another part of his research has focused on how best to develop reporting
guidelines. He spearheaded the development of the CONSORT statement and the
PRISMA statement. He has been actively involved in the development of many
other reporting guidelines and is part of the EQUATOR Network.
Dr. Moher leads an active program investigating predatory journals
and publishers. More recently Dr. Moher led a program to develop core
competencies for scientific journal editors. He is actively developing a
program to investigate alternatives to current incentives and rewards in
academic medicine.
Dr. Moher has been recognized several times as a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science).
1. McGrath
TA, Alabousi M, Skidmore B, Korevaar DA, Bossuyt PMM, Moher D, Thombs B,
McInnes MDF. Recommendations for reporting of systematic reviews and
meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy: a systematic review. Syst Rev. 2017
Oct 10;6(1):194.
2. Galipeau J, Cobey KD, Barbour V, Baskin P, Bell-Syer
S, Deeks J, Garner P, Shamseer L, Sharon S, Tugwell P, Winker M, Moher D.
An international survey and modified Delphi process revealed editors'
perceptions, training needs, and ratings of competency-related statements for
the development of core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical
journals. F1000Res. 2017 Sep 4;6:1634.
3. Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G, Thuku M, Hamel C, Moran
J, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch V, Kristjansson E, Henry DA. AMSTAR 2: a
critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or
non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both. BMJ. 2017 Sep
21;358:j4008.
4. Chauvin A, Moher D, Altman D, Schriger DL, Alam S,
Hopewell S, Shanahan DR, Recchioni A, Ravaud P, Boutron I. A protocol of
a cross-sectional study evaluating an online tool for early career peer
reviewers assessing reports of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open.
2017 Sep 15;7(9):e017462.
5. Moher D, Galipeau J, Alam S, Barbour V, Bartolomeos
K, Baskin P, Bell-Syer S, Cobey KD, Chan L, Clark J, Deeks J, Flanagin A,
Garner P, Glenny AM, Groves T, Gurusamy K, Habibzadeh F, Jewell-Thomas S,
Kelsall D, Lapeña JF Jr, MacLehose H, Marusic A, McKenzie JE, Shah J, Shamseer
L, Straus S, Tugwell P, Wager E, Winker M, Zhaori G. Core competencies
for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement. BMC
Med. 2017 Sep 11;15(1):167.
6. Moher D, Shamseer L, Cobey KD, Lalu MM, Galipeau J,
Avey MT, Ahmadzai N, Alabousi M, Barbeau P, Beck A, Daniel R, Frank R, Ghannad
M, Hamel C, Hersi M, Hutton B, Isupov I, McGrath TA, McInnes MDF, Page MJ,
Pratt M, Pussegoda K, Shea B, Srivastava A, Stevens A, Thavorn K, van Katwyk S,
Ward R, Wolfe D, Yazdi F, Yu AM, Ziai H. Stop this waste of people,
animals and money. Nature. 2017 Sep 6;549(7670):23-25.
7. Cohen JF, Korevaar DA, Gatsonis CA, Glasziou PP,
Hooft L, Moher D, Reitsma JB, de Vet HC, Bossuyt PM; STARD Group. STARD
for Abstracts: essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies in
journal or conference abstracts. BMJ. 2017 Aug 17;358:j3751.
8. Staniszewska S, Brett J, Simera I, Seers K, Mockford
C, Goodlad S, Altman DG, Moher D, Barber R, Denegri S, Entwistle A, Littlejohns
P, Morris C, Suleman R, Thomas V, Tysall C. GRIPP2 reporting checklists:
tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research. BMJ.
2017 Aug 2;358:j3453.
9. Lee CJ, Moher D. Promote scientific
integrity via journal peer review data. Science. 2017 Jul 21;357(6348):256-257.
10. Hoffmann TC, Oxman AD, Ioannidis JP, Moher D,
Lasserson TJ, Tovey DI, Stein K, Sutcliffe K, Ravaud P, Altman DG, Perera R,
Glasziou P. Enhancing the usability of systematic reviews by improving
the consideration and description of interventions. BMJ. 2017 Jul
20;358:j2998.
