Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

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The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for Reporting Observational Studies

2007 • 19,698 citations

GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

2008 • 16,541 citations

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2009 • 15,310 citations

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Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement

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Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): explanation and elaboration.

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The Revised CONSORT Statement for Reporting Randomized Trials: Explanation and Elaboration

2001 • 3,719 citations

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): Explanation and Elaboration

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Publication Bias in Meta‐Analysis

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Replication validity of genetic association studies

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Empirical Evidence for Selective Reporting of Outcomes in Randomized Trials

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The case of the misleading funnel plot

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Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Systematic reviews in health care: Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests

2001 • 1,250 citations

The STARD Statement for Reporting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy: Explanation and Elaboration

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in childhood depression: systematic review of published versus unpublished data

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The Medical Review Article: State of the Science

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Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews

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Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

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Systematic reviews in health care: Systematic reviews of evaluations of prognostic variables

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Towards Complete and Accurate Reporting of Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy: The STARD Initiative

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Towards systematic reviews that inform health care management and policy-making

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An Official ATS Statement: Grading the Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations in ATS Guidelines and Recommendations

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Users' guides to the medical literature. VI. How to use an overview. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group

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A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Practical methodology of meta‐analyses (overviews) using updated individual patient data

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Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

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Outcome reporting bias in randomized trials funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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Assessment of methodological quality of primary studies by systematic reviews: results of the metaquality cross sectional study

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Meta-Analyses in Orthopaedic Surgery

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Putting clinical trials into context

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Publishing Protocols of Systematic Reviews

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Compliance with QUOROM and quality of reporting of overlapping meta-analyses on the role of acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast associated nephropathy: case study

2006 • 153 citations

A systematic evaluation of the quality of meta-analyses in the critical care literature.

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Aspirin as an Adjunct to Screening for Prevention of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

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Acetylcysteine in the Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

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Number of published systematic reviews and global burden of disease: database analysis

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Systematic reviews: when is an update an update?

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Evaluating the quality of systematic reviews in the emergency medicine literature

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Value judgments in the analysis and synthesis of evidence

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