Background This scoping review aims to identify, review and characterize the published
recommendations to conduct and/or to report a systematic review in medical interventions …

Background Systematic literature searching is recognised as a critical component of the
systematic review process. It involves a systematic search for studies and aims for a …

Background Redundancy is an unethical, unscientific, and costly challenge in clinical health
research. There is a high risk of redundancy when existing evidence is not used to justify the …

Rationale and aim Clear and logical eligibility criteria are fundamental to the design and
conduct of a systematic review. This methodological review examined the quality of …

Objective: To evaluate the reporting and methodological quality of overviews of systematic
reviews. Method: We developed an 18‐item assessment tool for overviews of systematic …

Background Systematic reviews summarize all pertinent evidence on a defined health
question. They help clinical scientists to direct their research and clinicians to keep updated …

Objectives To report systematic review definitions that are published in overviews of reviews
and to propose a new classification of systematic reviews. Study Design and Setting In this …

Background Systematic reviews provide a synthesis of evidence for practitioners, for clinical
practice guideline developers, and for those designing and justifying primary research …

Objective Our aim was to identify and synthesize the results from meta-research studies to
determine whether and how authors of original studies in clinical health research use …

Systematic Reviews: Current Perspectives and Future Directions Page 1 JR Coll Physicians
Edinb 2021; 51: 218–20 | doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2021.303 EDITORIAL Systematic reviews are …