This problem is addressed in AMSTAR 1 (Q4), AMSTAR 2 (Q4), ROBIS (P2 D1) and MECIR (C12 & C28). Grey literature or unpublished studies such as clinical trial reports, registry data, and conference proceedings should be considered for inclusion in systematic reviews in order to address publication bias, in which positive or significant results tend to be submitted and accepted for publication, can make treatments appear more effective than they are.
Articles that support this problem:
Assessing the methodological quality of systematic reviews in radiation oncology: A systematic review
2017 : Cancer epidemiology
Methodologic quality of systematic reviews published in the plastic and reconstructive surgery literature: a systematic review
2016 : Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Methodological quality and descriptive characteristics of prosthodontic‐related systematic reviews
2013 : Journal of oral rehabilitation
Methodological quality of systematic reviews published in the urological literature from 1998 to 2012
2015 : The journal of urology
The landscape of systematic reviews in urology (1998 to 2015): an assessment of methodological quality
2017 : Bju international
Assessment of the methodological quality of systematic reviews published in the urological literature from 1998 to 2008
2010 : The journal of urology
The currency, completeness and quality of systematic reviews of acute management of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: A comprehensive evidence map
2018 : Plos one [electronic resource]
Quality assessment of systematic reviews of health care interventions using AMSTAR
2011 : Indian pediatrics
Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews of Biomedical Research: A Cross-Sectional Study
2016 : Plos medicine
Evaluation of methodology and quality characteristics of systematic reviews in orthodontics
2011 : Orthodontics & craniofacial research
The quality of systematic reviews addressing peripheral nerve repair and reconstruction
2019 : Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery: jpras
Prostate Artery Embolisation: Poor Design and Reporting Impact the Value of Current Systematic Reviews
2018 : European urology
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of home telemonitoring interventions for patients with chronic diseases: a critical assessment of their methodological quality
2013 : Journal of medical internet research
Quality assessment of systematic reviews on periodontal regeneration in humans
2013 : Journal of periodontology
Cochrane systematic reviews for the mental health field: is the gold standard tarnished?
2013 : Psychiatric services
Synthesizing and Appraising the Quality of the Evidence on Factors Associated with Medication Adherence in Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews
2017 : Value in health regional issues
Reporting and methodological quality of systematic reviews in the orthopaedic literature
2013 : Jbjs
Critical appraisal of systematic reviews on the effect of a history of periodontitis on dental implant loss
2013 : Journal of clinical periodontology
The methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological cancer pain management
2015 : Pain management nursing
Systematic reviews that include only published data may overestimate the effectiveness of analgesic medicines for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2020 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Reviews may overestimate the effectiveness of medicines for back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis
2019 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Inadequate diversity of information resources searched in US-affiliated systematic reviews and meta-analyses: 2005-2016
2018 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Quality assessment of systematic reviews on alveolar ridge preservation
2013 : Journal of the american dental association
Systematic reviews supporting practice guideline recommendations lack protection against bias
2013 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Can trial quality be reliably assessed from published reports of cancer trials: evaluation of risk of bias assessments in systematic reviews
2013 : Bmj
The association between periodontitis and coronary heart disease: a quality assessment of systematic reviews
2013 : Journal of the american dental association
Effect of reporting bias on meta-analyses of drug trials: reanalysis of meta-analyses
2012 : Bmj
Quality Assessment of Systematic Review of the Bariatric Surgery for Diabetes Mellitus
2019 : Journal of diabetes research
DPP-4 inhibitors for the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a methodology overview of systematic reviews
2019 : Acta diabetologica
The methodological quality of systematic reviews of animal studies in dentistry
2012 : The veterinary journal
Impact of inclusion of industry trial results registries as an information source for systematic reviews
2014 : Plos one
Epidemiology, quality and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews of traditional Chinese medicine interventions published in Chinese journals
2011 : Plos one
Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of primary hypertension: a methodology overview of systematic reviews
2016 : Systematic reviews
Search for unpublished data by systematic reviewers: an audit
2017 : Bmj open
Importance and methods of searching for E-publications ahead of print in systematic reviews
2016 : Evidence based medicine
A quality assessment of systematic reviews on telerehabilitation: what does the evidence tell us?
2015 : Annali dell'istituto superiore di sanita
Searching practices and inclusion of unpublished studies in systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy
2020 : Research synthesis methods
Quality Assessment of Systematic Reviews of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis Surgical Treatment Outcomes
2020 : Journal of contemporary dental practice
Grey literature in systematic reviews: a cross-sectional study of the contribution of non-English reports, unpublished studies and dissertations to the results of meta-analyses in child-relevant reviews
2017 : Bmc medical research methodology
Systematic review adherence to methodological or reporting quality
2017 : Systematic reviews
Non-communicable diseases research output in the Eastern Mediterranean region: an overview of systematic reviews
2020 : Bmc medical research methodology
Most systematic reviews of adverse effects did not include unpublished data
2016 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
The search and selection for primary studies in systematic reviews published in dental journals indexed in MEDLINE was not fully reproducible
2018 : Journal of clinical epidemiology
Compliance of systematic reviews in veterinary journals with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) literature search reporting guidelines
2017 : Journal of the medical library association: jmla
Peer Reviewed: Quality of Systematic Reviews of Observational Nontherapeutic Studies
2010 : Preventing chronic disease
Systematic reviews published in emergency medicine journals do not routinely search clinical trials registries: a cross-sectional analysis
2015 : Annals of emergency medicine
How do authors of systematic reviews deal with research malpractice and misconduct in original studies? A cross-sectional analysis of systematic reviews and survey of their authors
2016 : Bmj open
Survey of the reporting characteristics of systematic reviews in rehabilitation
2013 : Physical therapy
Methodological quality and reporting of systematic reviews in hand and wrist pathology
2017 : Journal of hand surgery (european volume)
Systematic reviews in dentistry: Current status, epidemiological and reporting characteristics
2019 : Journal of dentistry
Characteristics and quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational nutritional epidemiology: a cross-sectional study
2021 : American journal of clinical nutrition
Photodynamic therapy for root canal disinfection in endodontics: an umbrella review
2022 : Lasers in medical science
Trial Registry Searches in Plastic Surgery Systematic Reviews: A Meta-epidemiological Study
2023 : Journal of surgical research
The Quality of Literature Search Reporting in Systematic Reviews Published in the Urological Literature (1998-2021)
2023 : Journal of urology