Librarian co-authors correlated with higher quality reported search strategies in general internal medicine systematic reviews

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