Table 3.
Workload per screener at title/abstract by initial citation set size category
| Overall (n = 156) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial citation set size category | n (%) | Median (IQR) citation number | Median (IQR) number of citations reviewed per screener during title/abstract screeninga,b |
| < 1000 | 24 (15.4) | 274 (175, 571) | 265 (140, 445)132 (70, 222) |
| 1000–2500 | 33 (21.2) | 1597 (1307, 2082) | 1597 (1161, 2082)798 (580, 1041) |
| 2500–5000 | 36 (23.1) | 3362 (2960, 3971) | 3222 (2332, 3880)1611 (1166, 1940) |
| 5000–10,000 | 34 (21.8) | 5832 (5263, 6858) | 5328 (2803, 6660)2664 (1402, 3330) |
| > 10,000 | 29 (18.6) | 13,399 (2086, 23,847) | 13,033 (2086, 18,311)6516 (1043, 9156) |
aFor most reviews, two screeners were assigned. When there were more than two screeners, not all screeners reviewed each citation
bPossible to have more than 1 screener per citation