Standards in semen examination: publishing reproducible and reliable data based on high-quality methodology

Björndahl L, Barratt CLR, Mortimer D, Agarwal A, Aitken RJ, Alvarez JG, Aneck-Hahn N, Arver S, Baldi E, Bassas L, Boitrelle F, Bornman R, Carrell DT, Castilla JA, Cerezo Parra G, Check JH, Cuasnicu PS, Darney SP, de Jager C, De Jonge CJ, Drevet JR, Drobnis EZ, Du Plessis SS, Eisenberg ML, Esteves SC, Evgeni EA, Ferlin A, Garrido N, Giwercman A, Goovaerts IGF, Haugen TB, Henkel R, Henningsohn L, Hofmann MC, Hotaling JM, Jedrzejczak P, Jouannet P, Jørgensen N, Kirkman Brown JC, Krausz C, Kurpisz M, Kvist U, Lamb DJ, Levine H, Loveland KL, McLachlan RI, Mahran A, Maree L, Martins da Silva S, Mbizvo MT, Meinhardt A, Menkveld R, Mortimer ST, Moskovtsev S, Muller CH, Munuce MJ, Muratori M, Niederberger C, O'Flaherty C, Oliva R, Ombelet W, Pacey AA, Palladino MA, Ramasamy R, Ramos L, Rives N, Roldan ER, Rothmann S, Sakkas D, Salonia A, Sánchez-Pozo MC, Sapiro R, Schlatt S, Schlegel PN, Schuppe HC, Shah R, Skakkebæk NE, Teerds K, Toskin I, Tournaye H, Turek PJ, van der Horst G, Vazquez-Levin M, Wang C, Wetzels A, Zeginiadou T, Zini A

Published October 31, 2022 Human Reproduction
DOI 10.1093/humrep/deac189 PMID 36112046 PMC PMC9627864

Abstract

Biomedical science is rapidly developing in terms of more transparency, openness and reproducibility of scientific publications. This is even more important for all studies that are based on results from basic semen examination. Recently two concordant documents have been published: the 6th edition of the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen, and the International Standard ISO 23162:2021. With these tools, we propose that authors should be instructed to follow these laboratory methods in order to publish studies in peer-reviewed journals, preferable by using a checklist as suggested in an Appendix to this article.

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PMID 36112046 36112046 DOI 10.1093/humrep/deac189 10.1093/humrep/deac189 Björndahl et al. 2022, Björndahl 2022