Dubben H H, Beck-Bornholdt H P
Abteilung für Strahlentherapie und Radio-Onkologie, Universität Hamburg.
Strahlenther Onkol. 2000 Dec;176(12):547-54. doi: 10.1007/pl00002323.
The statistical quality of the contributions to "Strahlentherapie und Onkologie" is assessed, aiming for improvement of the journal and consequently its impact factor.
All 181 articles published during 1998 and 1999 in the categories "review", "original contribution", and "short communication" were analyzed concerning actuarial analysis of time-failure data.
One hundred and twenty-three publications without time-failure data were excluded from analysis. Forty-five of the remaining 58 publications with time-failure data were evaluated actuarially. This corresponds to 78% (95% confidence interval: 64 to 88%) of papers, in which data were adequately analyzed. Complications were reported in 16 of 58 papers, but in only 3 cases actuarially. The number of patients at risk during the course of follow-up was documented adequately in 22 of the 45 publications with actuarial analysis.
Authors, peer reviewers, and editors could contribute to improve the quality of the journal by setting value on acturial analysis of time-failure data.
对发表于《放射治疗与肿瘤学》的论文的统计学质量进行评估,旨在提升该期刊质量及其影响因子。
分析了1998年至1999年间发表在“综述”“原创性论文”及“简短通讯”类别中的所有181篇文章的时间失效数据精算分析情况。
123篇无时间失效数据的出版物被排除在分析之外。其余58篇有时间失效数据的出版物中有45篇进行了精算评估。这相当于78%(95%置信区间:64%至88%)的数据得到充分分析的论文。58篇论文中有16篇报告了并发症,但仅3例进行了精算分析。在45篇进行精算分析的出版物中,有22篇充分记录了随访过程中的风险患者数量。
作者、同行评审人员和编辑可通过重视时间失效数据的精算分析来提高该期刊的质量。