SQUIRE Resources

This page provides key links to journals, manuscripts, significant papers and other resources for the SQUIRE Statement.

Journals Connected with SQUIRE

A listing of journals (with links) that have published articles about the development of SQUIRE, refer to the SQUIRE guidelines for authors, or have formally adopted them as editorial policy.

Manuscripts

A compendium of articles whose authors used the SQUIRE guidelines in writing their papers.

Journals' Instructions for Authors

This link takes you to the Mulford Library at the University of Toledo in Ohio. From the Mulford Library, you can link to "Instructions for Authors" from over 3,500 journals

Additional Guidelines

Links to selected publication guidelines that may be particularly useful in reporting studies of medical quality and safety.

Blogs

SQUIRE Blogs: authors share their reflections on writing about their quality and safety work

Shirley Moore, a blog on grant writing

How to cite SQUIRE

We suggest using the following to cite the SQUIRE guidelines.
'This report employed the SQUIRE publication guidelines for reporting healthcare quality improvement research [Davidoff et al., QSHC, 2008].'

Davidoff F, Batalden P, Stevens D, Ogrinc G, Mooney S. Publication guidelines for quality improvement in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project. Qual Saf Health Care 2008;17[Supplement 1]:i3-i9."