Psychology: Citation Analysis, Research Methods, Systematic Reviews

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London : BioMed Central, 2012-

An open access journal that encompasses all aspects of the design, conduct, and reporting of systematic reviews.
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Society for Research Synthesis Methodology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2010-

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Bramer, W. M., de Jonge, G. B., Rethlefsen, M. L., Mast, F., & Kleijnen, J. (2018). A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 106(4), 531–541. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2018.283

Andrew MacFarlane, Tony Russell-Rose, & Farhad Shokraneh. (2022). Search strategy formulation for systematic reviews: Issues, challenges and opportunities. Intelligent Systems with Applications, 15(200091-). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswa.2022.200091

Andy Hickner. (2023). How do search systems impact systematic searching? A qualitative study. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 111(4). https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2023.1647

Stapleton, J., Carter, C., & Bredahl, L. (2020). Developing systematic search methods for the library literature: Methods and analysis. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102190

"PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating randomized trials, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions."

Includes links to:
- PRISMA 2020 Statement
- PRISMA 2020 Explanation and Elaboration (E&E)
- PRISMA 2020 checklist
- PRISMA 2020 flow diagram
- History and development of PRISMA 2020
Funding
- Citing and using PRISMA 2020

Extensions of the PRISMA Statement have been developed to facilitate the reporting of different types or aspects of systematic reviews. Those include:
- PRISMA for Abstracts
- PRISMA Equity
- PRISMA Harms (for reviews including Harm outcomes)
- PRISMA Individual Patient Data
- PRISMA for Network Meta-Analyses
- PRISMA for Protocols
- PRISMA for Diagnostic Test Accuracy
- PRISMA for Scoping Reviews
- PRISMA for Acupuncture
- Extensions in development

Page M J, McKenzie J E, Bossuyt P M, Boutron I, Hoffmann T C, Mulrow C D et al. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews BMJ 2021; 372 :n71 doi:10.1136/bmj.n71

This presentation was recorded for the Virtual #CochraneSantiago Colloquium, 2019 (November). The title of the presentation is ‘PRISMA 2020 statement: updated guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses’. Presented by Matthew J Page.

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