The status quo of systematic reviews published in high-impact journals in Korea: a study focused on protocol registration and GRADE use.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated the status quo of systematic reviews published in major journals in Korea from the perspective of protocol registration and adopting the grading of recommendation, assessment, development and evaluation (GRADE) system.

Methods

We examined systematic reviews published in Korea's top 15 medical journals from 2018 to 2021. Teams of 2 reviewers assessed the studies' eligibility criteria and extracted data independently and in duplicate. We collected information on study characteristics, protocol registration, and GRADE use of the included reviews, and reviewed the "Instructions for Authors" of the selected journals to assess any guidance related to systematic reviews.

Results

Out of the 126 identified reviews, 18 (14.3%) reported that th

SUBMITTER: Han MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10185969 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature