Table 3

 Editors’ and critics’ opinions of adequacy of authors’ replies in 40 cases. Values are numbers (percentages)

Adequacy of replies to criticism*Editor 1†Editor 2†Critics†
Fully addressed29 (73)27 (68)6 (15)
Partly addressed7 (18)7 (18)16 (40)
Not addressed4 (10)6 (15)18 (45)

*Scale from 1 (fully addressed) to 3 (not addressed).

†Mean rating 1.4 for editors and 2.3 for critics (P<0.001).