Systematic reviews on the same topic are common but often fail to meet key methodological standards: a research-on-research study
One-third of the SRs published in 2022 had at least one overlapping SR published from 2018 to 2023, and most did not meet a minimum set of methodological standards. For one-fifth of the questions, overlapping SRs provided discrepant results.
Authors
- G. Fournier
- Agnès Dechartres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0770-5567)
- Wendy Kwok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5200-7958)
- Guillaume L. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6651-474X)
- Titiane Dallant
- Blandine Kervennic
- Ophélie Pingeon
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Institut Pierre Louis d‘Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112018
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.99