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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Tools From Previous Systematic Review | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | 41 | 75 | Medicine |
Risk of Bias(Google Scholar) Chapter 8:Cochrane Handbook (2008-July4, 2013) [[10]] | 1155 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1155 | Medicine |
Total RoB | 1230* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |