Is the information of systematic reviews published in nursing journals up-to-date? a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An up-to-date systematic review is important for researchers to decide whether to embark on new research or continue supporting ongoing studies. The aim of this study is to examine the time taken between the last search, submission, acceptance and publication dates of systematic reviews published in nursing journals.

Methods

Nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports were first identified. Thereafter, systematic reviews published in these journals in 2014 were extracted from three databases. The quality of the systematic reviews were evaluated by the AMSTAR. The last search, submission, acceptance, online publication, full publication dates and other characteristics of the systematic reviews were recorded. The time taken between the five dates was then c

SUBMITTER: Tam WWS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5702238 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature