Table 3.
Influential reports for Stepped Wedge Group-Randomized Trial methods sorted by Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) and citation count with explanation for selecting items; RCR and count data were retrieved April 27, 2021.
| Citation | RCR | Count | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemming K, Haines TP, Chilton PJ, et al. The stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: rationale, design, analysis, and reporting. BMJ 2015; 350: h391. 2015/02/11. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h391. | 31.13 | 416 | High RCR and citation count |
| Hussey MA and Hughes JP. Design and analysis of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials. Contemp Clin Trials 2007; 28: 182–191. 2006/07/11. DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.05.007. | 19.48 | 557 | High RCR and citation count |
| Brown CA and Lilford RJ. The stepped wedge trial design: a systematic review. BMC Med Res Methodol 2006; 6: 54. 2006/11/10. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-54. | 17.69 | 497 | High RCR and citation count |
| Mdege ND, Man MS, Taylor Nee Brown CA, Torgerson DJ. 2011. Systematic review of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials shows that design is particularly used to evaluate interventions during routine implementation. J Clin Epidemiol 64: 936–48 | 12.51 | 252 | High RCR and citation count |
| Kasza J, Hemming K, Hooper R, et al. Impact of non-uniform correlation structure on sample size and power in multiple-period cluster randomised trials. Stat Methods Med Res 2019; 28: 703–716. 2017/10/14. DOI: 10.1177/0962280217734981. | 11.42 | 35 | High RCR |
| Hemming K, Taljaard M, McKenzie JE, et al. Reporting of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration. Bmj 2018; 363: k1614. 2018/11/11. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k1614. | 10.90 | 67 | High RCR |
| Woertman W, de Hoop E, Moerbeek M, et al. Stepped wedge designs could reduce the required sample size in cluster randomized trials. J Clin Epidemiol 2013; 66: 752–758. 2013/03/26. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.01.009. | 9.22 | 148 | High RCR |
| Hemming K, Lilford R, Girling AJ. 2015. Stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trials: a generic framework including parallel and multiple-level designs. Stat Med 34: 181–96 | 7.85 | 98 | High RCR |
| Copas AJ, Lewis JJ, Thompson JA, Davey C, Baio G, Hargreaves JR. 2015. Designing a stepped wedge trial: three main designs, carry-over effects and randomisation approaches. Trials 16: 352 | 7.35 | 87 | High RCR |
| Hemming K, Taljaard M. 2016. Sample size calculations for stepped wedge and cluster randomised trials: a unified approach. J Clin Epidemiol 69: 137–46 | 6.67 | 70 | High RCR |
| Hooper R, Teerenstra S, de Hoop E, Eldridge S. 2016. Sample size calculation for stepped wedge and other longitudinal cluster randomised trials. Stat Med 35: 4718–28 | 6.29 | 71 | High RCR |
| Beard E, Lewis JJ, Copas A, Davey C, Osrin D, et al. 2015. Stepped wedge randomised controlled trials: systematic review of studies published between 2010 and 2014. Trials 16: 353 | 5.86 | 68 | High RCR |
| Baio G, Copas A, Ambler G, Hargreaves J, Beard E, Omar RZ. 2015. Sample size calculation for a stepped wedge trial. Trials 16: 354 | 5.70 | 71 | High RCR |
| Hemming K, Taljaard M, Forbes A. 2017. Analysis of cluster randomised stepped wedge trials with repeated cross-sectional samples. Trials 18: 101 | 5.37 | 45 | High RCR |
| Barker D, McElduff P, D’Este C, Campbell MJ. 2016. Stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: a review of the statistical methodology used and available. BMC Med Res Methodol 16: 69 | 5.33 | 54 | High RCR |
| Girling AJ, Hemming K. 2016. Statistical efficiency and optimal design for stepped cluster studies under linear mixed effects models. Stat Med 35: 2149–66 | 4.93 | 51 | High RCR |
Reports in bold type were not included as influential reports in the earlier paper (1).