Health Sciences - Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses: Readings & Resources

To get started with Systematic Reviews and learn more, here are a few key readings, and 2 journals covering methods for evidence synthesis:

• What are different types of review articles? Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 26(2), 91-108.
• What are Scoping Studies? Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International journal of social research methodology, 8(1), 19-32. Article via journal site | Article via Open Access repository
• What Text and Data Mining Methods are Being Used in Systematic Review studies?
  • Paynter, R., et al., EPC Methods: An Exploration of the Use of Text-Mining Software in Systematic Reviews. 2016, Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US).
  • O’Mara-Eves, A., et al., Using text mining for study identification in systematic reviews: a systematic review of current approaches. Systematic Reviews, 2015. 4: p. 5.
• Journals

Systematic Reviews - published by BioMed Central

Research Synthesis Methods - published by Wiley

See the Data Synthesis page on this guide.

Biomedical / Health

PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses)

• PRISMA Checklist
• PRISMA Flow Diagram
• PRISMA Statement
• PRISMA Statement - Explanation & Elaboration Document

Cochrane

• Cochrane Library - searching source for clinical trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses
• Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
• MECIR - Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews
• Glossary
• Additional Resources

Institute Of Medicine (IOM)

• Finding What Works in Healthcare: Standards for Systematic Reviews

Conservation & Environmental Management

• ROSES (RepOrting Standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses_

Social Sciences

• See this VT ebook: Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide

Veterinary Medicine

• Meridian Network (Menagerie of Reporting guidelines Involving Animals)

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