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Systematic and Literature Reviews

A Systematic Review Reading List

 

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 2021;372:n71
  4. PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 2021;372:n160.
  5. How to do a systematic review. International Journal of Stroke 2018;13:138–56.
  6. Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. BMC Med Res Methodol 2018;18:143.
  7. Ensuring the rigor in systematic reviews: Part 3, the value of the search. Heart & Lung 2021;50:220–2.
  8. Searching clinical trials registers: guide for systematic reviewers. BMJ 2022;377:e068791.
  9. Methodological guidance for the conduct of mixed methods systematic reviews. JBI Evidence Synthesis 18(10), 2020.
  10. A guide to evaluating systematic reviews for the busy clinicians or reluctant readersChiropractic & manual therapies, 2023, Vol.31 (1).

 

Manuals

  1. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Version 6.3, 2022
  2. JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. JBI, 2020. https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-20-01

 

Reporting Guidance

    PRISMA 2020 Statement. Checklist, extensions, flow diagrams.

 

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