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Table 6 Distribution of methodology used during full text screening by initial citation set size category (n = 186)a

From: Evaluating the relationship between citation set size, team size and screening methods used in systematic reviews: a cross-sectional study

Citation set size category

N

Full text screening approach (Other)

Single reviewer

Two (or more) reviewers, independence stated

Two (or more) reviewers, not independent or not stated

N = 3

N = 14

N = 147

N = 22

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 < 1000

29

0 (0.0)

1 (3.4)

23 (79.3)

5 (17.2)

1000–2500

40

1 (2.5)

3 (7.5)

33 (82.5)

3 (7.5)

2500–5000

42

0 (0.0)

2 (4.8)

36 (85.7)

4 (9.5)

5000–10,000

35

1 (2.9)

5 (14.3)

27 (77.1)

2 (5.7)

 > 10,000

40

1 (2.5)

3 (7.5)

28 (70.0)

8 (20.0)

N

1860

3

14

147

22

  1. aThis table is limited to the included studies that reported their screening approach thus the total number of SRs included is 186