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Fig. 3 | Research Integrity and Peer Review

Fig. 3

From: Comparing quality of reporting between preprints and peer-reviewed articles in the biomedical literature

Fig. 3

Quality of reporting by article size. a Overall scores by number of figure subpanels/tables in the independent samples comparison. Spearman’s correlations: All articles, ρ = − 0.31, 95% C.I. [− 0.46, − 0.15], p = 9.5 × 10− 5; bioRxiv (shown in red), ρ = − 0.35, 95% C.I. [− 0.56, − 0.11], p = 0.002; PubMed (shown in blue), ρ = − 0.22, 95%C.I. [− 0.44, 0.0006], p = 0.05. N = 152 (76/group). b Change in score from preprint to peer-reviewed versions by change in the number of figures subpanels/tables in the paired sample. Spearman’s correlation: ρ = − 0.07, 95% C.I. [− 0.33, 0.17], p = 0.59, N = 56. One article presented a large decrease in number of figures (− 71 figures subpanels/tables), as it was published as a brief communication. c Difference between scores from peer-reviewed to preprint version by mean number of figure subpanels/tables between preprint and peer-reviewed version in the paired sample. Spearman’s correlation: ρ = 0.24, 95% C.I. [− 0.05, 0.49], p = 0.08, N = 56

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