Table 3.
Frequency of citations of Quality Tools in Scopus Database
| Tool | All years until July 4, 2013 | From January 2007-July 4, 2013 |
Year 2007 before RoB tool |
Year 2008 | Year 2009 | Year 2010 | Year 2011 | Year 2012 | Year 2013 Until July 4, 2013 | Subject area most used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PT TOOLS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jadad [37] |
5326 |
3672 |
393 |
468 |
616 |
514 |
634 |
706 |
341 |
Medicine |
| Maastricht [38] |
106 |
45 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
5 |
Medicine/health professions |
| Delphi [39] |
625 |
454 |
39 |
65 |
71 |
77 |
87 |
75 |
40 |
Medicine/health professions |
| PEDro [40,41] |
651 |
555 |
49 |
52 |
87 |
91 |
101 |
108 |
67 |
Health professions/ Medicine |
| Maastricht-Amsterdam [42] |
360 |
158 |
34 |
36 |
23 |
21 |
21 |
19 |
4 |
Medicine/health professions |
| Van Tulder [43] |
560 |
482 |
43 |
58 |
101 |
86 |
65 |
93 |
34 |
Medicine/health professions |
| Bizzini [44] |
65 |
50 |
4 |
15 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
Medicine/health professions |
|
GENERAL HEALTH RESEARCH TOOLS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tools From Previous Systematic Review |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chalmers [45] |
584 |
151 |
19 |
21 |
29 |
19 |
19 |
29 |
15 |
Medicine/Psychology |
| Reisch [46] |
56 |
26 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
Medicine/ Nursing |
| Andrew [47] |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Medicine |
| Imperiale [48] |
141 |
47 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
Medicine/ Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
| Detsky [49] |
281 |
120 |
15 |
20 |
21 |
14 |
17 |
20 |
13 |
Medicine/ Biochemistry/ Nursing |
| Cho [50] |
109 |
30 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
Medicine/ Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
| Balas [51] |
37 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Medicine |
| Sindhu [52] |
31 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Medicine/Nursing |
| Downs and Black [53] |
962 |
783 |
80 |
72 |
100 |
125 |
146 |
163 |
97 |
Medicine/Nursing |
| Nguyen [54] |
84 |
63 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
14 |
11 |
5 |
Dentistry/Medicine |
| Oxford pain validity tool [55] |
143 |
49 |
11 |
14 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
Medicine/Neuroscience |
| Arrive [56] |
23 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Medicine |
| CONSORT [57] |
184 |
124 |
30 |
21 |
20 |
14 |
14 |
17 |
8 |
Medicine/Biochemistry |
| Yates [58] |
35 |
33 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
Medicine/Neuroscience |
|
NEW TOOLS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cochrane Collaboration Depression, Anxiety, and Neurosis (CCDAN) [[34,35]] |
59 |
44 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
1 |
Medicine/psychology |
|
The Randomized Controlled Trial Psychotherapy Quality Rating (RCT-PQRS) [[32,33]] |
30 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
16 |
4 |
Medicine/psychology |
|
RCT-Natural Products (RCT-NP) [[31]] |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
|
CLEAR NPT (Checklist to evaluate a report of a nonpharmacological trial [[36]] |
108 |
102 |
16 |
18 |
17 |
10 |
17 |
16 |
8 |
Medicine |
|
Risk of Bias (Scopus Track) Higgins et al., 2011 [[4]] |
124 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
41 |
75 |
Medicine |
|
Risk of Bias(Google Scholar) Chapter 8:Cochrane Handbook (2008-July4, 2013) [[10]] |
1155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1155 |
Medicine |
| Total RoB | 1230* |
*This number could include duplicates; RoB risk of bias.