Search for unpublished data by systematic reviewers: an audit.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We audited a selection of systematic reviews published in 2013 and reported on the proportion of reviews that researched for unpublished data, included unpublished data in analysis and assessed for publication bias.

Design

Audit of systematic reviews.

Data sources

We searched PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013 for the following journals: Journal of the American Medical Association, The British Medical Journal, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. We also searched the Cochrane Library and included 100 randomly selected Cochrane reviews.

Eligibility criteria

Systematic reviews published in 2013 in

SUBMITTER: Ziai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640073 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature