As a researcher, I'm considering submitting a manuscript to 'Trials' journal. Can you tell me the journal's main focus and what types of articles it publishes? Also, I need to know the specific requirements for ethical approval for studies involving human participants or animals, and whether clinical trials need to be registered.
Navigate to 'trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com'. Locate and read the 'Aims and scope' section on the homepage to identify the journal's main focus and the types of articles it publishes. Navigate to the 'Submission Guidelines' page. From the 'Submission Guidelines' page, navigate to the 'Editorial policies' section. Within 'Editorial policies', locate and extract the requirements for 'Ethics and consent' regarding human participants. Within 'Editorial policies', locate and extract the requirements for 'Research involving animals'. Within 'Editorial policies', locate and extract the requirements for 'Trial registration'. Synthesize all gathered information into a concise answer.
The agent successfully navigates to 'trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com'. The agent accurately summarizes the journal's main focus as encompassing 'all aspects of the performance and findings of randomized controlled trials in health'. The agent accurately lists at least three types of articles published by the journal (e.g., study protocols, statistical analysis plans, commentaries, traditional results papers). The agent states the requirements for ethical approval for human participants, including adherence to the Declaration of Helsinki and ethics committee approval. The agent states the requirements for ethical approval for animal studies, including compliance with guidelines and ethics committee approval. The agent states the requirement for prospective registration of clinical trials in a suitable publicly available database, and mentions including the registration number and date in the abstract.