- Framework of problems / Transparent
- Literature searches not validated by information specialist
- The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine
| Ref ID | 798 |
| First Author | J. Schellinger |
| Journal | PLOS ONE [ELECTRONIC RESOURCE] |
| Year Of Publishing | 2021 |
| URL | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0256833 |
| Keywords |
• Searching • Team • Dentistry • Author • Reproducibility |
| Problem(s) |
• Literature searches not validated by information specialist |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 913 |
| Summary of Findings | From 913 included dental systematic reviews from highly cited dental medicine journals indexed in PubMed on June 18, 2018. Librarians were co-authors in only 2.5% of the 913 included systematic reviews and librarians were mentioned or acknowledged in only 9% of included systematic reviews. Librarian co-authors were associated with more reproducible searches, higher search quality, and at least three databases searched. Although the results indicate librarians are associated with improved systematic review quality, due to the small number of systematic reviews that included a librarian, results were not statistically significant. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | No |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | Yes |