Contacting of authors by systematic reviewers: protocol for a cross-sectional study and a survey

Abstract Background Synthesizing outcomes of underreported primary studies can pose a serious threat to the validity of outcomes and conclusions of systematic reviews. To address this problem, the Cochrane Collaboration recommends reviewers to contact authors of eligible primary studies to obtain ad...

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Main Authors: Reint Meursinge Reynders, Luisa Ladu, Nicola Di Girolamo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-017-0643-z