Lag times in the publication of network meta-analyses: a survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the extent of lag times in the publication and indexing of network meta-analyses (NMAs).

Study design

This was a survey of published NMAs on drug interventions.

Setting

NMAs indexed in PubMed (searches updated in May 2020).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Lag times were measured as the time between the last systematic search and the article submission, acceptance, online publication, indexing and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) allocation dates. Time-to-event analyses were performed considering independent variables (geographical origin, Journal Impact Factor, Scopus CiteScore, open access status) (SPSS V.24, R/RStudio).

Results

We included 1245 NMAs. The median time from last search to article submission was 6.8 months (204

SUBMITTER: Tonin FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422315 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature