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Table 4 The characteristics of journals that published articles on health policy and systems research (HPSR) studies

From: The reporting of funding in health policy and systems research: a cross-sectional study

 

Journals of all 400 studies

Journals of the 200 primary studies

Journals of the 200 systematic reviews

Unique articles journals

198

55

153

Journal is an HPSR journal

55 (28)

55 (100)

11 (7)

Journal impact factor

1.90 (1.30–2.82)

2.15 (1.48–2.68)

1.92 (1.23–3.05)

Membership of ICMJE

40 (20)

4 (7)

37 (24)

Membership of COPE

154 (78)

44 (80)

119 (78)

Affiliation with a professional organisation

132 (67)

33 (60)

106 (69)

Journal requires disclosure of conflicts of interest

189 (96)

53 (96)

146 (95)

Journal requires reporting of source of funding

176 (89)

53 (96)

133 (87)

Journal requires reporting of role of funder

56 (34)

10 (19)

49 (37)

  1. COPE Committee on Publication Ethics, ICMJE International Committee of Medical Journals Editors