Table 2.
Quality assessment (NIH Quality assessment tool)
| Author name | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | Q13 | Q14 | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai Tang Xiao | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | Na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Anna Jeffery-Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Bo Yuan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Cheryl Cohen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Christian Holm | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Efren Murillo-Zamora | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Emilie Finch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Fabiánová K | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Fariba Zare | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Flacco Maria Elena | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Flacco Maria Elena | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Guangming Ye | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Godwin E. Akpan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Hou-wei Du | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Hui Zhu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Ji Zhou | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Jia Huang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | Na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Jianghong An | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Jie Chen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Jing Lu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Jing Yuan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Jinru Wu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Ju Zhang | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 8 Fair |
| Juliet R.C. Pulliam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 9 Fair |
| Justin Wong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 10 Fair |
| Laith J. Abu Raddad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Lawandi A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Lei Pan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Leidi A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 9 Fair |
| Maolu Tian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 9 Fair |
| Naila A Shaheen | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good | |
| Philippe Brouqui | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Pilz Stefan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | Na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 10 Fair |
| Rujun Hu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 10 Fair |
| Salehi-Vaziri M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Sezanur Rahman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | Na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | 10 Fair |
| Sheehan M Meghan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Shiua Luo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 9 Fair |
| Sivan Gazit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Tao Liu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 10 Fair |
| Valeria Cento | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Wang Deng | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Wang Xingyu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| William R. Hartman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Yan Dong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| You Zou | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Youjiang Li | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Yun-Jung Kang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Zheng Jiazhen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Xiao Dong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
| Anne Rivelli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 1 | na | 1 | 1 | 11 Good |
1: Yes
0: No
na not applicable
11–14: good quality
5–10: fair quality
0–4: poor quality