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Articles about Dietary Supplements (DS) |
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| Characteristics |
Number of issues reviewed |
Number of ANY articles about DS |
Clinical Trials or Cohort Studies |
Editorials |
Reviews |
TOTAL MAJOR ARTICLES (PER ISSUE)* |
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| Most Pharmads (2 journals; average impact factor 6.9) TOTALS |
49 |
35 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Number per issue |
0.71 |
0 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
(0.08)* |
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| Middle Pharmads (7 journals; average impact factor 18.5) Totals |
220 |
142 |
30 |
15 |
2 |
47 |
| Number per issue |
0.65 |
0.14 |
0.07 |
0.01 |
(0.21)* |
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| Fewest Pharmads (2 journals; average impact factor 5.9) Totals |
65 |
77 |
14 |
11 |
3 |
28 |
| Number per issue |
1.2 |
0.22 |
0.17 |
0.05 |
(0.43)* |
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| CAM JOURNALS |
22 |
88 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
19 |
| Number per issue |
4 |
0.5 |
0.09 |
0.27 |
(0.86)* |
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*Overall differences in rates of publishing major articles about DS are statistically significant with P < 0.001. The rate for those with the most pharmads (0.08) is significantly lower than those with middle pharmads (0.21, P < 0.05). The rate for those with the middle pharmads (0.21) is significantly lower than those with the fewest pharmads (0.43, P < 0.05). The rate for the CAM journals (0.86) is significantly higher than that for the general medical journals with the fewest pharmads (<0.01) | ||||||
Kemper and Hood BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:11 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-11 |
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