A systematic assessment of Cochrane reviews and systematic reviews published in high-impact medical journals related to cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare cancer-related systematic reviews (SRs) published in the Cochrane Database of SRs (CDSR) and high-impact journals, with respect to type, content, quality and citation rates.

Design

Methodological SR with assessment and comparison of SRs and meta-analyses. Two authors independently assessed methodological quality using an Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR)-based extraction form. Both authors independently screened search results, extracted content-relevant characteristics and retrieved citation numbers of the included reviews using the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database.

Data sources

Cancer-related SRs were retrieved from the CDSR, as well as from the 10 journals which publish oncological SRs and had the highest impact fact

SUBMITTER: Goldkuhle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875625 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature