Assessing the coverage of PubMed, Embase, OpenAlex, and Semantic Scholar for automated single-database searches in living guideline evidence surveillance: a case study of the international polycystic ovary syndrome guidelines 2023
OpenAlex should be considered a single source for automated evidence retrieval in living guideline development, due to high coverage, and low risk of missing high-quality articles. These insights are being leveraged as part of transitioning the 2023 international PCOS guidelines toward a living format.
Authors
- Lan Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9925-0223)
- Helena Jane Teede (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-577X)
- Chau Thien Tay
- Joanne Enticott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4480-5690)
- Steve McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-5205)
- Darren Rajit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6074-4683)
Institutions
- Monash Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111789
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.03