Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review

T Greenhalgh, CR MacIntyre, MG Baker… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

Principles for good scholarship in systematic reviews

K Kolaski, L Romeiser Logan… - … Medicine & Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many sources document problems that jeopardize the trustworthiness of systematic reviews.
This is a major concern given their potential to influence patient care and impact people's …

Analysing health system capacity and preparedness for climate change

J Braithwaite, E Leask, CL Smith, G Dammery… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
While increasing literature demonstrating the direct and indirect impacts of climate change
focuses on health, the capacity and preparedness of healthcare systems to deal with these …

[HTML][HTML] A methodological framework for rigorous systematic reviews: Tailoring comprehensive analyses to clinicians and healthcare professionals

S Mancin, M Sguanci, G Anastasi, L Godino, AL Cascio… - Methods, 2024 - Elsevier
Systematic reviews represent a fundamental study design, providing the highest level of
evidence across diverse research inquiries, encompassing both public health and clinical …

A cross-sectional study based on forty systematic reviews of Foods with Function Claims (FFC) in Japan: quality assessment using AMSTAR 2

H Kamioka, H Origasa, K Tsutani, J Kitayuguchi… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The Foods with Function Claims (FFC) was introduced in Japan in April 2015
to make more products available that are labeled with health functions. The products' …

Reviews and reviewing: Approaches to research synthesis. an annual review of information science and technology (ARIST) paper

LC Smith - Journal of the Association for Information Science …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reviews have long been recognized as among the most important forms of scientific
communication. The rapid growth of the primary literature has further increased the need for …

Librarian involvement in systematic reviews was associated with higher quality of reported search methods: a cross-sectional survey

C Pawliuk, S Cheng, A Zheng, HH Siden - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Systematic reviews (SRs) are considered the gold standard of evidence,
but many published SRs are of poor quality. This study identifies how librarian involvement …

Systematic review search strategies are poorly reported and not reproducible: a cross-sectional meta-research study

ML Rethlefsen, TJ Brigham, C Price, D Moher… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the reproducibility of biomedical systematic review search strategies.
Study Design and Setting A cross-sectional reproducibility study was conducted on a …

RCE (rationale–cogency–extent) criterion unravels features affecting citation impact of top-ranked systematic literature reviews: leaving the impression… is all you …

M Orošnjak, B Štrbac, S Vulanović, B Runje… - Scientometrics, 2024 - Springer
Hijacked from medical and health sciences, Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) are
widely (ab) used in many scientific domains. Considering the ability to provide transparency …

Historical associations and spatiotemporal changes of pathogen presence in ticks in Canada: A systematic review

KE Crandall, V Millien, JT Kerr - Zoonoses and Public Health, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Starting in the early 20th century, ticks and their pathogens have been detected
during surveillance efforts in Canada. Since then, the geographic spread of tick vectors and …