Table 2.
Crosstabulation of “type of journal” and “level of evidence”
| Journal |
Level of evidence |
Total number of papers (n) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| RICMA |
0.0% |
0.0% |
16.7% |
80.0% |
3.3% |
|
| (CI 95%) |
(N.A) |
(N.A) |
(7.3 ; 26.1) |
(69.9 ; 90.1) |
(N.A.) |
|
| |
0 |
0 |
10 |
48 |
2 |
60 |
| JHSE |
0.9% |
5.0% |
11.1% |
82.4% |
0.7% |
|
| (CI 95%) |
(N.A.) |
(3.02 ; 6.9) |
(8.3 ; 13.9) |
(79 ; 85.8) |
(N.A.) |
|
| |
4 |
23 |
51 |
380 |
3 |
461 |
| JHSA |
8.3% |
10% |
14.1% |
67.6% |
0% |
|
| (CI 95%) |
(5.6 ; 10.9) |
(7.1 ; 12.9) |
(10.7 ; 17.4) |
(63.1 ; 72.1) |
(N.A.) |
|
| 34 | 41 | 58 | 278 | 0 | 411 | |
RICMA = IBero-american Journal of Hand Surgery, JHSE= Journal of Hand Surgery European Volume, JHSA= Journal of Hand Surgery American Volume. (CI 95%) = 95% Confidence Interval. (N.A.) = CI 95% is not applicable when the observed proportion is not greater than 5/n.