Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7520135 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2016 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
The reporting and methodologic qualities of current surgical meta-analyses remained suboptimal, and first authors' experience and ranking of publishing journals were independently associated with both qualities. Preregistration might be an effective measure to improve the quality of meta-analyses, which deserves more attention from future study conductors.
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Authors
Han Zhang, Jun Han, Ying-Bo Zhu, Wan-Yee Lau, Myron E. Schwartz, Guo-Qiang Xie, Shu-Yang Dai, Yi-Nan Shen, Meng-Chao Wu, Feng Shen, Tian Yang,