Table 1 General characteristics of journals (n = 72)
Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
Impact factor, median (interquartile range) | 1.624 (1.024–2.320) |
Journal categories other than Health Policy | 38 (53) |
Public Environmental & Occupational Health | 19 (26) |
Economics | 5 (7) |
Other | 14 (19) |
Membership of the ICMJE | 5 (7) |
Membership of the COPE | 54 (75) |
Open Access at the time of publication | 59 (82) |
By default | 11 (19) |
By authors choice | 48 (81) |
Affiliation with a professional organisation | 45 (63) |
Publisher | |
Springera | 11 (15) |
Wiley-Blackwell | 8 (11) |
BioMed Centrala | 7 (10) |
Sage | 7 (10) |
Elsevier | 5 (7) |
Taylor & Francis | 5 (7) |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | 4 (6) |
Oxford University Press | 3 (4) |
Cambridge University Press | 3 (4) |
Other | 19 (26) |
Requirement for authors to comply with reporting statementsb | |
CONSORT | 18 (25) |
PRISMA | 17 (24) |
STROBE | 15 (21) |
COREQ | 11 (15) |
None | 50 (69) |
Existence of a conflicts of interest policy | 67 (93) |