Table 2

Author, reviewer and reader perspectives on the value of additional tables of data, completed checklists for reporting guidelines and raw study data by group*†

GroupNo/total no (%) most useful to
To journal editorsTo peer reviewersTo readers
Additional tables of data
 Authors29/819 (4)187/819 (23)564/819 (69)
 Reviewers32/1142 (3)384/1142 (34)662/1142 (58)
 Readers25/911 (3)172/911 (19)659/911 (72)
 Overall68/2872 (3)743/2872 (26)1885/2872 (66)
Completed checklists for reporting guidelines
 Authors365/819 (45)291/819 (36)96/819 (12)
 Reviewers453/1142 (40)414/1142 (36)186/1142 (16)
 Readers340/911 (37)394/911 (43)117/911 (13)
 Overall1158/2872 (40)1099/2872 (38)399/2872 (14)
Raw study data
 Authors120/819 (15)309/819 (38)276/819 (34)
 Reviewers207/1142 (18)767/1142 (35)385/1142 (34)
 Readers119/911 (13)387/911 (42)283/911 (31)
 Overall446/2872 (16)1093/2872 (38)944/2872 (33)
  • *Percentages do not sum to 100% across each row because some respondents did not answer every question.

  • †A table showing the responses for all types of supplementary material is given in our online supplementary material.