A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and the peer review process of systematic review protocols published in an open peer review journal from 2012 to 2017
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A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and the peer review process of systematic review protocols published in an open peer review journal from 2012 to 2017
Rombey, T.; Allers, K.; Mathes, T. ; Hoffmann, F. & Pieper, D. (2019)
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 19(1) pp. 57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0698-8
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- Authors
- Rombey, Tanja; Allers, Katharina; Mathes, Tim ; Hoffmann, Falk; Pieper, Dawid
- Abstract
- An a priori design is essential to reduce the risk of bias in systematic reviews (SRs). To this end, authors can register their SR with PROSPERO, and/or publish a SR protocol in an academic journal. The latter has the advantage that the manuscript for the SR protocol is usually peer-reviewed. However, since authors ought not to begin/continue the SR before their protocol has been accepted for publication, it is crucial that SR protocols are processed in a timely manner. Our main aim was to descriptively analyse the peer review process of SR protocols published in 'BMC Systematic Reviews' from 2012 to 2017.
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Journal
- BMC Medical Research Methodology
- eISSN
- 1471-2288
- Language
- English
