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Table 1 The distribution of systematic reviews (n = 49) that rated the outcome-specific certainty of evidence with GRADE by year and journal

From: A methodologic survey on use of the GRADE approach in evidence syntheses published in high-impact factor urology and nephrology journals

 

Number of SRs published, n

Number of SRs rating the outcome specific certainty of evidence with GRADE, n (% of SRs published)

Impact factor

Journal category

Total, n

445

49 (11.0%)

-

-

 2016

115

7 (6.1%)

-

-

 2017

80

8 (10.0%)

-

-

 2018

67

5 (7.5%)

-

-

 2019

79

14 (17.7%)

-

-

 2020

104

15 (14.4%)

-

-

Journal

 Journal of Urology

100

13 (13.0%)

7.45

Urology & Nephrology

 European Urology

128

12 (9.4%)

20.096

Urology & Nephrology

 Clinical Journal of The American Society of Nephrology

38

10 (26.3%)

8.237

Urology & Nephrology

 American Journal of Kidney Diseases

45

7 (15.6%)

8.86

Urology & Nephrology

 European Urology Focus

110

4 (3.6%)

5.996

Urology & Nephrology

 Journal of The American Society of Nephrology

14

2 (14.3%)

10.121

Urology & Nephrology

 Kidney International

10

1 (10.0%)

10.612

Urology & Nephrology

 Kidney International Supplements

0

0

10.545

Urology & Nephrology

 Nature Reviews Urology

0

0

14.432

Urology & Nephrology

 Nature Reviews Nephrology

0

0

28.314

Urology & Nephrology

  1. SRs Systematic reviews