• Simon Pollett, Michael A Johansson, Nicholas G Reich, David Brett-Major, Sara Y Del Valle, Srinivasan Venkatramanan, Rachel Lowe, Travis Porco, BerryIrina MaljkovicIM0000-0001-8555-5352Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America., Alina Deshpande, KraemerMoritz U GMUGDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom., David L Blazes, Wirichada Pan-Ngum, Alessandro Vespigiani, Suzanne E Mate, Sheetal P Silal, Sasikiran Kandula, Rachel Sippy, Talia M Quandelacy, Jeffrey J Morgan, Jacob Ball, Lindsay C Morton, Benjamin M Althouse, Julie Pavlin, Wilbert van Panhuis, Steven Riley, Matthew Biggerstaff, Cecile Viboud, Oliver Brady, and Caitlin Rivers.
• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America.
• PLoS Med. 2021 Oct 1; 18 (10): e1003793e1003793.

BackgroundThe importance of infectious disease epidemic forecasting and prediction research is underscored by decades of communicable disease outbreaks, including COVID-19. Unlike other fields of medical research, such as clinical trials and systematic reviews, no reporting guidelines exist for reporting epidemic forecasting and prediction research despite their utility. We therefore developed the EPIFORGE checklist, a guideline for standardized reporting of epidemic forecasting research.Methods And FindingsWe developed this checklist using a best-practice process for development of reporting guidelines, involving a Delphi process and broad consultation with an international panel of infectious disease modelers and model end users. The objectives of these guidelines are to improve the consistency, reproducibility, comparability, and quality of epidemic forecasting reporting. The guidelines are not designed to advise scientists on how to perform epidemic forecasting and prediction research, but rather to serve as a standard for reporting critical methodological details of such studies.ConclusionsThese guidelines have been submitted to the EQUATOR network, in addition to hosting by other dedicated webpages to facilitate feedback and journal endorsement.

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