A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and the peer review process of systematic review protocols published in an open peer review journal from 2012 to 2017

A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and the peer review process of systematic review protocols published in an open peer review journal from 2012 to 2017

Abstract Background An a priori design is essential to reduce the risk of bias in systematic reviews (SRs). To this end, authors can register their SR with PROSPERO, and/or publish a SR protocol in an academic journal. The latter has the advantage that the manuscript for the SR protocol is usually p...

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Main Authors: Tanja Rombey, Katharina Allers, Tim Mathes, Falk Hoffmann, Dawid Pieper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Peer review
Protocol
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
PROSPERO
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0698-8

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