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Table 5 Spearman’s ρ correlations of total scores on Q-Genie with impact factor and citation count, stratified by user-status

From: Assessing the quality of published genetic association studies in meta-analyses: the quality of genetic studies (Q-Genie) tool

Construct

Users (nstudies = 30; nraters = 2)

Non-users (nstudies = 30; nraters = 2)

Impact factor

0.61 (p < 0.01)

0.45 (p = 0.02)

Average citations per year

0.51 (p < 0.01)

0.38 (p = 0.04)

Average citations (without self-cites) per year

0.52 (p < 0.01)

0.39 (p = 0.03)

Total citations to date

0.40 (p = 0.03)

0.33 (p = 0.08)