Inclusion of IJOTM in Scopus and EMBASE I t was a great pleasure to realize that the International Journal for Organ Transplantation Medicine (IJOTM) has been incorporated in the respected Elsevier databases, Scopus and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica. The editorial staff of the IJOTM acknowledges this highly esteemed recognition to the sincere support of the Avicenna Transplantation Center and the The ...

BACKGROUND Health technology assessments of surgical interventions frequently require the inclusion of non-randomised evidence. Literature search strategies employed to identify this evidence often exclude a methodological component because of uncertainty surrounding the use of appropriate search terms. This can result in the retrieval of a large number of irrelevant records. Methodological fil...