The CEEDER database of evidence reviews: An open-access evidence service for researchers and decision-makers.

ABSTRACT: Evidence-informed decision-making aims to deliver effective actions informed by the best available evidence. Given the large quantity of primary literature, and time constraints faced by policy-makers and practitioners, well-conducted evidence reviews can provide a valuable resource to support decision-making. However, previous research suggests that some evidence reviews may not be sufficiently reliable to inform decisions in the environmental sector due to low standards of conduct and reporting. While some evidence reviews are of high reliability, there is currently no way for policy-makers and practitioners to quickly and easily find them among the many lower reliability ones. Alongside this lack of transparency, there is little incentive or support for review authors, editors and peer-

SUBMITTER: Konno K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7474817 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature