Table 2.
Mean scores for individual items of the Review Quality Instrument (RQI) for all reviewers (ANRs and ECRs)
| RQI item | Mean score* | SD | |
| 1 | Assessing importance of research question | 2.34 | 0.78 |
| 2 | Assessing originality | 1.87 | 0.89 |
| 3 | Identifying strengths and weaknesses of methods | 2.41 | 0.73 |
| 4 | Providing comments about writing and presentation | 2.39 | 0.87 |
| 5 | Providing constructive comments | 2.73 | 0.81 |
| 6 | Providing evidence to support comments | 2.18 | 0.86 |
| 7 | Commenting on authors' interpretation of results | 2.28 | 0.75 |
*Mean of both raters