| Ref ID | 590 |
| First Author | M. L. Rethlefsen |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(15)00057-8/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• Expertise • Reproducibility • Team • General medical • Author • Searching |
| Problem(s) |
• Literature searches not validated by information specialist |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United States |
| Checklists |
• PRESS |
| Aim | To assess whether librarian and information specialist authorship was associated with better reported systematic review search quality (according to reproducibility and PRESS checklist) in high-impact general internal medical journals. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Librarian or information specialist authorship was significantly correlated with higher quality systematic review search strategies and reporting. The level of participation was significantly associated with search reproducibility. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 270 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1506 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |