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Meta-analyses are considered the highest form of evidence and are, therefore, important for clinical guidance. Fast publication times are desirable as they ensure that up-to-date knowledge is available for the consumers. This study aimed to determine the time from registering the protocols for meta-analyses in PROSPERO until the results were publicly available either via ePub ahead of print or journal publication.

This observational database study was reported according to the RECORD guideline. The biomedical databases PubMed and EMBASE were searched on 11^th March 2020 for published meta-analyses that were registered in PROSPERO. The meta-analyses were linked to their PROSPERO registrations via their 14-digit PROSPERO registration number in the abstract. Registration date, publication date, and characteristics of reviews were extracted from PubMed, EMBASE, and …