About the Authors

Hilda Bastian

hilda.bastian@nih.gov

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

HB was a member of the GRADE Working Group from 2008 to 2011, and a member of the working group that developed the 1999 Australian National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines on the development, evaluation, and implementation of clinical practice guidelines: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cpcre/pdf/nhmrc_clinprgde.pdf. HB is also a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: HB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HB. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: HB. The author has read, and confirms that she meets, ICMJE criteria for authorship.