Table 1.

 Included articles and average reprint orders by journal study design and funding

Journal	High reprint articles								Control articles							Median reprints and range*
	No	RCT	Other design		Industry funding	Mixed funding	Other or none		No	RCT	Other design		Industry funding	Mixed funding	Other or none
Lancet	88	74	14		63	17	8		88	49	39		23	13	52	126 350 (24 000-835 100)
Lancet Neurology	25	8	17		8	9	8		25	3	22		1	5	19	5200 (200-50 000)
Lancet Oncology	26	10	16		11	4	11		26	7	19		2	3	21	10 500 (500-63 500)
BMJ	72	19	53		10	19	43		72	13	59		2	10	60	13 248 (1000-526 650)
Gut	46	22	24		18	12	16		46	5	41		3	6	37	3000 (1000-322 000)
Heart	35	11	24		12	7	16		35	3	32		3	2	12	3000 (1000-350 000)
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry	46	17	29		15	17	14		46	3	43		0	5	41	4008 (1000-107 110)
Combined journals	339	161	178		45	36	258		339	83	256		6	13	320	13 495 (200-835 100)

RCT=randomised controlled trial.

Numbers quoted discount multiple reprint orders placed on same articles.

*Median number of reprints and range include all reprint orders regardless of article duplication.