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TL;DR
The authors compared the content and structure of these tools over an eight-year period and calculated inter-rater concordance using Kendall's W from various applications.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making · 2 authors, 1 centre
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The authors compared the content and structure of these tools over an eight-year period and calculated inter-rater concordance using Kendall's W from various applications.
The authors compared the content and structure of these tools over an eight-year period and calculated inter-rater concordance using Kendall's W from various applications. They found that while the tools differ in content and structure, many core aspects remained consistent. A key result was that inter-rater concordance was generally good across different rater groups, but subgroups with similar expertise (e.g., medical students) often showed higher concordance rates than the overall agreement. The discussion notes that the tools show potential for use in research and clinical practice, especially for comparing publications, but that rater expertise can influence assessments, and the tools require further refinement to better incorporate lay and patient perspectives.