Bubble effect: including internet search engines in systematic reviews introduces selection bias and impedes scientific reproducibility

Bubble effect: including internet search engines in systematic reviews introduces selection bias and impedes scientific reproducibility

Abstract Background Using internet search engines (such as Google search) in systematic literature reviews is increasingly becoming a ubiquitous part of search methodology. In order to integrate the vast quantity of available knowledge, literature mostly focuses on systematic reviews, considered to...

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Main Authors: Marko Ćurković, Andro Košec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Literature searches
Reporting
Web searching
Research ethics
Scientific rigor
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-018-0599-2

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