Table 8.

Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Benchmark Criteria Scores Based on Website Type

JAMA Benchmark Scores by Website Type
Topic	JAMA Score
Commercial	3.20 (1.13)
Academic	2.03 (1.30)
Medical Practice	1.43 (1.11)
Single-Surgeon Practice	1.35 (1.13)
Government	3.42 (1.07)
Social Media	2.83 (0.75)
Other	2.33 (0.82)

NOTE. One point for the presence of each of the following was determined for each website link: authorship, attribution, currency, and disclosure. A maximum score of 4 could be attained for each website. Scores listed are presented as a mean (standard deviation). When a website did not clearly fit into any of the 6 main categories, the “Other” option was used.