Journal impact factor, trial effect size, and methodological quality appear scantly related: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background As systematic reviews’ limited coverage of the medical literature necessitates decision-making based on unsystematic review, we investigated a possible advantage of systematic review (aside from dataset size and systematic analysis): does systematic review avoid potential bias in...

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Published in:	Systematic Reviews
Main Authors:	Michael Saginur, Dean Fergusson, Tinghua Zhang, Karen Yeates, Tim Ramsay, George Wells, David Moher
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-03-01
Subjects:	Publication bias Journal impact factor Systematic review Meta-analysis Clinical trial Research design
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-020-01305-w