Table 3 Authors’ responses to online survey (n = 258)
Survey responses n = 258 | |
|---|---|
1. How satisfied have you been with the overall handling of your manuscript by the journal? (1 = very unsatisfactory to 10 = very satisfactory) | |
Mean (SD) | 8.6 (1.5) |
Median | 9.0 |
Min – max | 1–10 |
2. How would you rate the overall quality of the peer review of your manuscript? (1 = very low to 10 = very high) | |
Mean (SD) | 8.5 (1.5) |
Median | 9.0 |
Min – max | 1–10 |
3. In getting your manuscript published, did the editor or peer reviewers ask you to change any aspects of your study so that it was different from what was planned in your trial protocol? | |
Yes | 36 (14%) |
No | 222 (86%) |
4. Did the editor or peer reviewers ask you to change or clarify the trial’s primary outcomes measure(s)? | |
Yes | 8 (3%) |
No | 250 (97%) |
5. Did the editors or peer reviewers ask you to change or clarify the statistical analysis of your primary outcome measure(s)? | |
Yes | 69 (27%) |
No | 189 (73%) |
6. Were you asked to include any additional analyses that had not been included in the original manuscript? | |
Yes | 94 (36%) |
No | 164 (64%) |
7. Were you asked to modify your overall conclusions? | |
Yes | 60 (23%) |
No | 198 (77%) |
8. Did you register your trial in a trial registry? | |
Yes | 249 (96.5%) |
No | 9 (3.5%) |
9. Did you publish the protocol of this trial in a journal? | |
Yes | 136 (53%) |
No | 122 (47%) |