| Ref ID | 476 |
| First Author | M. Aamodt |
| Journal | EVIDENCE BASED LIBRARY & 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 |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Norway |
| Checklists |
• ROBIS |
| Aim | To assess librarians’ involvement in systematic reviews, and to investigate whether librarian co-authorship was associated with lower risk of bias in the systematic review (ROBIS) in a sample of systematic reviews published between 2007 and mid-2018. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| 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. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 324 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 2767 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |