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Phi-Yen Nguyen; Joanne E. McKenzie; Simon L. Turner; Matthew J. Page; Steve McDonald – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Background: Interrupted time series (ITS) studies contribute importantly to systematic reviews of population-level interventions. We aimed to develop and validate search filters to retrieve ITS studies in MEDLINE and PubMed. Methods: A total of 1017 known ITS studies (published 2013-2017) were analysed using text mining to generate candidate…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Online Searching, Research, Information Retrieval
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Hanan Khalil; Danielle Pollock; Patricia McInerney; Catrin Evans; Erica B. Moraes; Christina M. Godfrey; Lyndsay Alexander; Andrea Tricco; Micah D. J. Peters; Dawid Pieper; Ashrita Saran; Daniel Ameen; Petek Eylul Taneri; Zachary Munn – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Objective: This paper describes several automation tools and software that can be considered during evidence synthesis projects and provides guidance for their integration in the conduct of scoping reviews. Study Design and Setting: The guidance presented in this work is adapted from the results of a scoping review and consultations with the JBI…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Software, Synthesis, Protocol Analysis
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Michael Gusenbauer – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Citation indices providing information on backward citation (BWC) and forward citation (FWC) links are essential for literature discovery, bibliographic analysis, and knowledge synthesis, especially when language barriers impede document identification. However, the suitability of citation indices varies. While some have been analyzed, the…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Information Retrieval, Databases, Web Sites
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Alexander Pachanov; Catharina Münte; Julian Hirt; Dawid Pieper – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
While geographic search filters exist, few of them are validated and there are currently none that focus on Germany. We aimed to develop and validate a highly sensitive geographic search filter for MEDLINE (PubMed) that identifies studies about Germany. First, using the relative recall method, we created a gold standard set of studies about…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Web Sites