Librarian Co-Authored Systematic Reviews are Associated with Lower Risk of Bias Compared to Systematic Reviews with Acknowledgement of Librarians or No Participation by Librarians

Ref ID	476
First Author	M. Aamodt
Journal	EVIDENCE BASED LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PRACTICE
Year Of Publishing	2019
URL	https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Librarian-Co-Authored-Systematic-Reviews-are-with-Aamodt-Huurdeman/b026f7c69a611af4e1c9608b79c43f0249c21fb1
Keywords	• General medical • Expertise • Searching
Problem(s)	• Literature searches not validated by information specialist
Number of systematic reviews included	324
Summary of Findings	1.23% of included reviews had librarian co-authors. 26.23% of reviews acknowledged or mentioned librarians in the methods section. In the remaining 72.53% of systematic reviews, there was no clear evidence that a librarian had been involved. The authors conclude that librarian co-authored systematic reviews were associated with lower risk of bias [no statistical significance testing] compared to systematic reviews with acknowledgement or no participation by librarians.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results?	N/A
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?	Yes