Number of protocols registered in PROSPERO, Absolute (%)
|
17 (80.1%)
|
42 (75.0%)
|
81 (88.0%)
|
93 (87.7%)
|
119 (96.0%)
|
133 (91.7%)
|
485 (89.2%)
|
Registered prior submission
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Absolute (%)
|
11 (64.7%)
|
30 (71.4%)
|
62 (76.5%)
|
84 (90.3%)
|
112 (94.1%)
|
125 (94.0%)
|
424 (87.4%)
|
Days, Mean (SD)
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45 (45)
|
67 (77)
|
78 (110)
|
87 (131)
|
101 (107)
|
110 (129)
|
94 (117)
|
Days, Median (IQR)
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22 (7–85)
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43 (13–71)
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36 (11–93)
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29 (8–114)
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71 (28–127)
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62 (22–152)
|
49 (15–120)
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Submission to first peer-review
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Days, Mean (SD)
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28 (13)
|
35 (24)
|
32 (16)
|
35 (20)
|
55 (55)
|
75 (65)
|
50 (48)
|
Days, Median (IQR)
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29 (19–42)
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32 (22–41)
|
29 (21–41)
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32 (20–46)
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39 (23–70)
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52 (31–95)
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36 (22–57)
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Submission to acceptance
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Days, Mean (SD)
|
74 (42)
|
77 (44)
|
82 (55)
|
91 (44)
|
109 (52)
|
165 (85)
|
111 (69)
|
Days, Median (IQR)
|
61 (46–105)
|
77 (51–95)
|
75 (46–105)
|
80 (56–117)
|
103 (72–138)
|
142 (103–214)
|
98 (64–139)
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Submission to publication
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Days, Mean (SD)
|
91 (43)
|
101 (46)
|
99 (55)
|
110 (47)
|
124 (54)
|
180 (87)
|
128 (70)
|
Days, Median (IQR)
|
86 (59–127)
|
99 (73–118)
|
91 (64–120)
|
101 (74–136)
|
118 (84–148)
|
158 (117–222)
|
113 (82–155)
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Acceptance to publication
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Days, Mean (SD)
|
17 (21)
|
24 (32)
|
18 (10)
|
18 (12)
|
14 (7)
|
16 (11)
|
17 (15)
|
Days, Median (IQR)
|
12 (0–22)
|
15 (11–20)
|
16 (11–21)
|
16 (11–21)
|
13 (9–17)
|
12 (9–19)
|
14 (9–19)
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Number of reviewers
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Mean (SD)
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0.9 (0.6)
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1.1 (0.5)
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1.1 (0.6)
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1.4 (0.8)
|
1.1 (0.6)
|
1.7 (0.8)
|
1.3 (0.7)
|
Median (IQR)
|
1 (1–1)
|
1 (1–1)
|
1 (1–1)
|
1 (1–2)
|
1 (1–1)
|
2 (1–2)
|
1 (1–2)
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Number of revisions
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Mean (SD)
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0.9 (0.8)
|
1.0 (0.5)
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1.2 (0.7)
|
1.2 (0.6)
|
1.0 (0.4)
|
1.2 (0.5)
|
1.1 (0.6)
|
Median (IQR)
|
1 (0–1)
|
1 (1–1)
|
1 (1–2)
|
1 (1–2)
|
1 (1–1)
|
1 (1–1)
|
1 (1–1)
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Extent of first revision, Absolute (%)
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Major
|
4 (19.1%)
|
14 (25.0%)
|
25 (27.2%)
|
38 (35.9%)
|
49 (39.5%)
|
76 (52.4%)
|
206 (37.9%)
|
Minor
|
11 (52.4%)
|
34 (60.7%)
|
52 (56.5%)
|
55 (51.9%)
|
63 (50.8%)
|
57 (39.3%)
|
272 (50.0%)
|
No revision required
|
1 (4.8%)
|
3 (5.4%)
|
6 (6.5%)
|
2 (1.9%)
|
3 (2.4%)
|
7 (4.8%)
|
22 (4.0%)
|
No (open) peer review
|
5 (23.8%)
|
4 (7.1%)
|
8 (8.7%)
|
10 (9.4%)
|
8 (6.5%)
|
4 (2.8%)
|
40 (7.2%)
|
Reviewer report missing
|
0 (0%)
|
1 (1.8%)
|
1 (1.1%)
|
1 (0.9%)
|
1 (0.8%)
|
1 (0.7%)
|
4 (0.9%)
|