Table 3

Mean research category and mean journal impact category for differently funded groups of UK gastroenterology papers 1988–94

Funding bodies	No	RL_mean	SEM	W_mean	SEM
12 GI charities	254	2.09	0.03	2.51	0.06
UK total non-profit	3283	2.62	0.02	2.42	0.02
UK government	3268	2.88	0.02	2.33	0.02
Pharmaceutical industry	1413	2.63	0.02	2.39	0.03
None	5991	1.82	0.01	1.80	0.01
Total	12925	2.28	0.01	2.09	0.01

RL, research category (1 = clinical, 4 = basic); W, journal impact category (1 = lowest, 4 = highest).