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A systematic search was performed on Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus. The selected manuscripts were evaluated (data extraction and RQS scoring) by three independent readers (R1, R2, and R3) with experience in radiomics analysis. A total of 23 studies with 2682 patients were included, and the median RQS was 10 for R1 (IQR 5.5\u201312) and R3 (IQR 8.3\u201312) and 11 (IQR 7.5\u201312.5) for R2. RQS was not significantly correlated with any of the assessed bibliometric data (impact factor, quartile, year of publication, and imaging modality) (p &gt; 0.05). 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