Contacting of authors by systematic reviewers: protocol for a cross-sectional study and a survey
Abstract Background Synthesizing outcomes of underreported primary studies can pose a serious threat to the validity of outcomes and conclusions of systematic reviews. To address this problem, the Cochrane Collaboration recommends reviewers to contact authors of eligible primary studies to obtain ad...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Systematic Reviews |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-017-0643-z |