Fig. 4From: Funding has no effect on clinical outcomes of total joint arthroplasty emerging technologies: a systematic review of bibliometrics and conflicts of interestMeans (circles) and their 95% confidence intervals (error bars) for Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) and Impact Factor (IF). Studies were compared for any reported conflicts of interest vs. no reported conflicts of interest (A: RCR; C: IF), and any reported industry funding vs. no reported industry funding (B: RCR; D: IF). Studies reporting conflicts of interest tended to have significantly higher RCR and IF than those reporting no conflicts. Funded and unfunded studies did not differ significantly for RCR or IFBack to article page