A Systematic Review Reading List
- A 24-step guide on how to design, conduct, and successfully publish a systematic review and meta-analysis in medical research. Eur J Epidemiol 2020;35:49–60.
- How to Do a Systematic Review: A Best Practice Guide for Conducting and Reporting Narrative Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Meta-Syntheses. Annual Review of Psychology 2019;70:747–70.
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 2021;372:n71
- PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 2021;372:n160.
- How to do a systematic review. International Journal of Stroke 2018;13:138–56.
- Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. BMC Med Res Methodol 2018;18:143.
- Ensuring the rigor in systematic reviews: Part 3, the value of the search. Heart & Lung 2021;50:220–2.
- Searching clinical trials registers: guide for systematic reviewers. BMJ 2022;377:e068791.
- Methodological guidance for the conduct of mixed methods systematic reviews. JBI Evidence Synthesis 18(10), 2020.
Manuals
- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Version 6.3, 2022
- JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. JBI, 2020. https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-20-01
Reporting Guidance
PRISMA 2020 Statement. Checklist, extensions, flow diagrams.
