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Table 1 Number of citations by study and intervention group

From: Adherence to reporting guidelines increases the number of citations: the argument for including a methodologist in the editorial process and peer-review

  

Number of citations

Annual rate

Articles with 0 citations

N1

N2

Mean (SD)

Median (Max)

Mean (SD)

IQ study

Standard review process (reference)

37

27

8.4 (12.2)

4 (45)

0.7 (1.1)

1 (3.7%)

Statistician

31

26

8.4 (13.7)

4.5 (67)

0.7 (1.2)

4 (15.4%)

Checklist

32

22

10.3 (18.8)

4.5 (89)

0.9 (1.6)

3 (13.6%)

Statistician + Checklist

29

24

10.7 (15.5)

6.5 (60)

0.9 (1.3)

3 (12.5%)

ET study

Standard review process (reference)

41

41

3.6 (2.5)

3 (10)

0.5 (0.3)

2 (4.9%)

Statistician + Checklist

51

51

5.1 (4.9)

3 (19)

0.7 (0.7)

7 (13.7%)

  1. N1 = number of randomized manuscripts; N2 = number of analysed manuscripts