| Ref ID | 935 |
| First Author | C. J. Neilson |
| Journal | RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS |
| Year Of Publishing | 2023 |
| URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jrsm.1696 |
| Keywords |
• Searching • General medical • Transparency • Author • Open data • Non-Cochrane reviews |
| Problem(s) |
• Methods not described to enable replication • Insufficient literature searches |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Aim | To assess the sharing practices of published systematic reviews that included a search availability statement indexed across MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCOhost), Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost), Lens.org, and Google Scholar from 2018 to June 24th, 2022. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 155 included systematic reviews that included a search availability statement indexed across MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCOhost), Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost), Lens.org, and Google Scholar from 2018 to June 24th, 2022. Of 155 data sharing statements the authors received responses from less than half of the authors contacted (n = 72, 46.5%). Of the 72 authors who responded, only 56 (36.0% of the overall sample, 78% of responses received) eventually sent some type of search strategy. Five authors sent the same search strategy that was published with the review manuscript, and 3 authors sent unreplicable searches. Ten (6.5% of the overall sample, 17.9% of authors that sent search strategies) sent only 1 replicable search strategy, and the remaining 38 (24.5% of the overall sample, 67.9% of authors that sent search strategies) sent replicable search strategies for more than one database. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 155 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 816 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
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| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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