Protocol for development of a checklist and guideline for transparent reporting of cluster analyses (TRoCA)

Daniil Lisik, Syed Ahmar Shah, Rani Basna, Tai Dinh, Ryan P Browne, Jeffrey L Andrews, Meredith Wallace, Absalom Ezugwu, Ana Marusic, Dat Tran, Joaquín Torres-Sospedra, Hieu-Chi Dam, Philippe Fournier-Viger, Christian Hennig, Marieke Timmerman, Matthijs J Warrens, Eva Ceulemans, Bright I Nwaru, Tina M Hernandez-Boussard

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099609
Published: 2025-08
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099609,
  title = {Protocol for development of a checklist and guideline for transparent reporting of cluster analyses (TRoCA)},
  author = {Daniil Lisik and Syed Ahmar Shah and Rani Basna and Tai Dinh and Ryan P Browne and Jeffrey L Andrews and Meredith Wallace and Absalom Ezugwu and Ana Marusic and Dat Tran and Joaquín Torres-Sospedra and Hieu-Chi Dam and Philippe Fournier-Viger and Christian Hennig and Marieke Timmerman and Matthijs J Warrens and Eva Ceulemans and Bright I Nwaru and Tina M Hernandez-Boussard},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099609},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099609}
}

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TI  - Protocol for development of a checklist and guideline for transparent reporting of cluster analyses (TRoCA)
AU  - Daniil Lisik
AU  - Syed Ahmar Shah
AU  - Rani Basna
AU  - Tai Dinh
AU  - Ryan P Browne
AU  - Jeffrey L Andrews
AU  - Meredith Wallace
AU  - Absalom Ezugwu
AU  - Ana Marusic
AU  - Dat Tran
AU  - Joaquín Torres-Sospedra
AU  - Hieu-Chi Dam
AU  - Philippe Fournier-Viger
AU  - Christian Hennig
AU  - Marieke Timmerman
AU  - Matthijs J Warrens
AU  - Eva Ceulemans
AU  - Bright I Nwaru
AU  - Tina M Hernandez-Boussard
PY  - 2025
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099609
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Lisik, D., Shah, S. A., Basna, R., Dinh, T., Browne, R. P., Andrews, J. L., Wallace, M., Ezugwu, A., Marusic, A., Tran, D., Torres-Sospedra, J., Dam, H., Fournier-Viger, P., Hennig, C., Timmerman, M., Warrens, M. J., Ceulemans, E., Nwaru, B. I., & Hernandez-Boussard, T. M. (2025). Protocol for development of a checklist and guideline for transparent reporting of cluster analyses (TRoCA). BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099609

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