Table 9.

Number of citations for the Cochrane Methodology Review and its co-publication

Average number of citations	Cochrane review N = 4	Co-published version N = 4	p-value
Total number of citations up to 16 August 2022
Mean ± SD	326.0 ± 381.2	134.3 ± 123.8	0.322
Median (IQR)	157 (102, 720)	85 (54, 265)	0.248
Total number of citations in the first five years
Mean ± SD	142.0 ± 142.4	62.5 ± 37.8	0.376
Median (IQR)	92 (45, 290)	49 (37, 102)	0.468
Year of co-publication
Mean ± SD	7.0 ± 12.0	2.8 ± 3.1	0.519
Median (IQR)	2 (0, 19)	2 (0, 6)	1.000
Second year after co-publication
Mean ± SD	28.0 ± 29.5	8.0 ± 5.0	0.230
Median (IQR)	18 (7, 59)	7 (4, 13)	0.245
Third year after co-publication
Mean ± SD	32.0 ± 42.2	17.3 ± 7.5	0.517
Median (IQR)	13 (8, 75)	16 (11, 25)	0.564
Fourth year after co-publication
Mean ± SD	31.3 ± 37.6	15.8 ± 9.1	0.454
Median (IQR)	15 (8, 71)	15 (8, 25)	0.773
Fifth year after co-publication
Mean ± SD	43.8 ± 36.9	18.8 ± 14.9	0.255
Median (IQR)	33 (17, 81)	12.0 (10, 34)	0.248