Evidence-based biomedical research in Sub-Saharan Africa: how library and information science professionals contribute to systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated the contributions of library and information science (LIS) professionals to systematic reviews and meta-analyses with authors from Sub-Saharan Africa. It also investigated how the first author's address and type of collaboration affected the involvement of LIS professionals in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Methods

Bibliographic data of systematic reviews with author(s) from the forty-six Sub-Saharan African countries was retrieved from MEDLINE. Content and bibliometric analyses were performed on the systematic reviews' full-texts and bibliographic data, respectively, to identify the contributions of LIS professionals and collaboration patterns.

Results

Beyond traditional roles as search strategy developers and searchers, the L

SUBMITTER: Asubiaro TV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830396 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature