This problem is addressed in PRISMA 2009, PRISMA 2020, PRISMA-S and MECIR. A literature search strategy for at least one electronic database should be appended to a systematic review. There is a dedicated PRISMA extension for reporting the literature searches in systematic reviews
Articles that support this problem:
An AMSTAR assessment of the methodological quality of systematic reviews of oral healthcare interventions published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science (JAOS)
2011 : Journal of applied oral science
Variable methodological quality and use found in systematic reviews referenced in STEMI clinical practice guidelines
2017 : The american journal of emergency medicine
Methodological quality, completeness of reporting and use of systematic reviews as evidence in clinical practice guidelines for paediatric overweight and obesity
2017 : Clinical obesity
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
Methodological and reporting quality evaluation of systematic reviews on acupuncture in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome: A systematic review
2018 : Complementary therapies in clinical practice
Systematic reviews of adverse effects of drug interventions: a survey of their conduct and reporting quality
2009 : Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
Reporting quality of search methods in systematic reviews of HIV behavioral interventions (2000–2010): are the searches clearly explained, systematic and reproducible?
2014 : Research synthesis methods
Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of primary hypertension: a methodology overview of systematic reviews
2016 : Systematic reviews
Reproducibility of search strategies is poor in systematic reviews published in high-impact pediatrics, cardiology and surgery journals: a cross-sectional study
2016 : Plos one
The quality check of a systematic review on the quality of randomized controlled trials from Saudi Arabia
2019 : Contemporary clinical trials communications
Systematic review adherence to methodological or reporting quality
2017 : Systematic reviews
Room for improvement? A survey of the methods used in systematic reviews of adverse effects
2006 : Bmc medical research methodology
How are systematic reviews of prevalence conducted? A methodological study
2020 : Bmc medical research methodology
Comparison of search strategies in systematic reviews of adverse effects to other systematic reviews
2014 : Health information & libraries journal
Survey of the reporting characteristics of systematic reviews in rehabilitation
2013 : Physical therapy
Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews of Biomedical Research: A Cross-Sectional Study
2016 : Plos medicine
Reporting randomized controlled trial quality and search date in systematic reviews and meta-analyses
2017 : Pain
Characteristics and quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational nutritional epidemiology: a cross-sectional study
2021 : American journal of clinical nutrition
The Campbell Collaboration's systematic review of school-based anti-bullying interventions does not meet mandatory methodological standards
2022 : Systematic reviews
A commentary on "Robot-assisted kidney transplantation as a minimally invasive approach for kidney transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analyses" [Int. J. Surg. 99 (2022) 106264]
2022 : International journal of surgery
Changing patterns in reporting and sharing of review data in systematic reviews with meta-analysis of the effects of interventions: cross sectional meta-research study
2022 : Bmj
Systematic review search methods evaluated using the Preferred Reporting of Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and the Risk Of Bias In Systematic reviews tool
2020 : International journal of technology assessment in health care