Publication of reviews synthesizing child health evidence (PORSCHE): A survey of authors to identify factors associated with publication in Cochrane and non-Cochrane sources

Abstract

Background: Cochrane Child Health maintains a register of child-relevant Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs) to provide a comprehensive source of high-quality evidence. However, a large number of SRs are published outside of The Cochrane Collaboration (Cochrane), impacting the comprehensiveness of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). We surveyed authors who published child-relevant SRs with Cochrane and elsewhere in the medical literature to (1) understand their experiences in preparing and publishing SRs and (2) identify factors influencing choice of publication venue. Methods: We identified SRs published in the CDSR for the most recent complete year prior to our study (2013; n..