Google Search as an Additional Source in Systematic Reviews

Google Search as an Additional Source in Systematic Reviews

Marko Curkovic in his letter (2017) points out that using Google Search in our systematic review (Piasecki et al. 2017) could have led to the so-called “bubble effect”, a form of selection bias. We take seriously this concern. Google Search is indeed an imperfect tool to perform systematic reviews: the search algorithm is not known and cannot be controlled, Google adapts the search to each user...

An Introduction to Living Systematic Reviews

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره 20، اردیبهشت 1400، 146-145       درآمدی بر مرورهای نظام‌مند زنده An Introduction to Living Systematic Reviews   محسن رضائیان[1]   M. Rezaeian    تا کنون در سخنان سردبیری مجله دانشگاه، درباره انواع مقالات مروری، مطالب گوناگونی را به رشته‌ تحریر در آورده‌ایم. هدف از نگارش این مقالات، آشنا ساختن خوانندگان و نویسندگان فرهیخته م...

Reference-based search strategies in systematic reviews

Worldwide inequality in production of systematic reviews

Background: Investment in science is vital for the development and well-being of societies. This study aims to assess the scientific productivity of countries by quantifying their publication of systematic reviews taking the gross national income per capita (GNIPC) into account. Methods: Medline and ISI Web of Science were searched for systematic reviews published between 1st January 2006 an...

Impact of Inclusion of Industry Trial Results Registries as an Information Source for Systematic Reviews

BACKGROUND Clinical trial results registries may contain relevant unpublished information. Our main aim was to investigate the potential impact of the inclusion of reports from industry results registries on systematic reviews (SRs). METHODS We identified a sample of 150 eligible SRs in PubMed via backward selection. Eligible SRs investigated randomized controlled trials of drugs and included...