Table 2. Number of eligible articles, EoI articles and prevalence of RCTs in 10 leading veterinary and medical journals in 2013.
| Veterinary Journals | Medical Journals | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJVR | JAVMA | JVIM | Vet J | Vet Rec | Total | Annals | BMJ | JAMA | Lancet | NEJM | Total | |
| Eligible articles | 193 | 188 | 156 | 320 | 133 | 990 | 75 | 128 | 157 | 152 | 205 | 717 |
| EoI articles | 43 | 51 | 40 | 59 | 26 | 219 | 31 | 46 | 71 | 94 | 129 | 371 |
| RCT (n) | 34 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 114 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 84 | 115 | 321 |
| (%) | 79% | 35% | 47% | 51% | 50% | 52% | 77% | 80% | 86% | 89% | 89% | 87% |
| Non-RCT (n) | 9 | 33 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 105 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 |
| (%) | 21% | 65% | 53% | 49% | 50% | 48% | 23% | 20% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 13% |
Notes:
AJVR, American Journal of Veterinary Research; JAVMA, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association; JVIM, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine; Vet J, Veterinary Journal; Vet Rec, Veterinary Record; Annals, Annals of Internal Medicine; BMJ, British Medical Journal; JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine.