Table 2

Mean scores for individual items of the Review Quality Instrument (RQI) for all reviewers (ANRs and ECRs)

RQI item

Mean score*
SD

1
Assessing importance of research question
2.34
0.78
2
Assessing originality
1.87
0.89
3
Identifying strengths and weaknesses of methods
2.41
0.73
4
Providing comments about writing and presentation
2.39
0.87
5
Providing constructive comments
2.73
0.81
6
Providing evidence to support comments
2.18
0.86
7
Commenting on authors' interpretation of results
2.28
0.75

*Mean of both raters

Wager et al. BMC Medicine 2006 4:13   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-4-13