This problem is addressed in MECIR. Authors of systematic reviews should ascertain whether any existing similar reviews have been published or are ongoing before commencing their review otherwise this can lead to duplicated efforts and research waste.
Articles that support this problem:
Tai Chi and Parkinson's disease (PD): A systematic overview of the scientific quality of the past systematic reviews
2019 : Complementary therapies in medicine
An overview and methodological assessment of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of enhanced recovery programmes in colorectal surgery
2014 : Bmj open
The mass production of redundant, misleading, and conflicted systematic reviews and meta‐analyses
2016 : The milbank quarterly
Systematic review finds overlapping reviews were not mentioned in every other overview
2014 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Multiple overlapping systematic reviews facilitate the origin of disputes: the case of thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism
2018 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Replication, Duplication, and Waste in a Quarter Million Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
2018 : Circulation. cardiovascular quality & outcomes
Overlapping systematic reviews of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction comparing hamstring autograft with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft: why are they different?
2007 : Jbjs
Discrepancies in meta-analyses answering the same clinical question were hard to explain: a meta-epidemiological study
2020 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
The art and science of study identification: a comparative analysis of two systematic reviews
2016 : Bmc medical research methodology
Decisions about lumping vs. splitting of the scope of systematic reviews of complex interventions are not well justified: a case study in systematic reviews of health care professional reminders
2012 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
(Meta) analyze this: systematic reviews might lose credibility
2012 : Nature medicine
Why are Cochrane hepato-biliary reviews undervalued by physicians as an aid for clinical decision-making?
2010 : Digestive and liver disease
Characteristics and quality of systematic reviews of acupuncture, herbal medicines, and homeopathy
2003 : Complementary medicine research
Extent and nature of duplication in PROSPERO using COVID-19-related registrations: a retrospective investigation and survey
2022 : Bmj open
A Call for Improving Research on Pain Neuroscience Education and Chronic Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
2023 : Journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy
Contradictory Findings of Two Recent Meta-Analyses: What Are We Supposed to Believe About Anesthetic Technique in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery?
2021 : Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Assessment of Duplicate Evidence in Systematic Reviews of Imaging Findings of Children with COVID-19
2021 : Jama network open
Systematic reviews of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 continue to be poorly conducted and reported: a systematic review
2022 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Replication of systematic reviews: is it to the benefit or detriment of methodological quality?
2023 : Journal of clinical epidemiology