Systematic reviews with published protocols compared to those without: more effort, older search

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2018, Pages 102-110

  Allers, Katharina ^a   Hoffmann, Falk ^a   Mathes, Tim ^b   Pieper, Dawid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methodology; PRISMA; PROSPERO; Protocol; Research reporting; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85042484120     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.12.005     Document Type: Review

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