A bibliometric analysis of systematic reviews on vaccines and immunisation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

SYSVAC is an online bibliographic database of systematic reviews and systematic review protocols on vaccines and immunisation compiled by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) through their National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAG) resource centre (www.nitag-resource.org). Here the development of the database and a bibliometric review of its content is presented, describing trends in the publication of policy-relevant systematic reviews on vaccines and immunisation from 2008 to 2016.

Materials and methods

Searches were conducted in seven scientific databases according to a standardized search protocol, initially in 2014 with the most recent update in January 2017. Abstracts and titles wer

SUBMITTER: Fernandes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004824 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature