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Systematic reviewers' perspectives on replication of systematic reviews: A survey

Phi‐Yen Nguyen, Joanne E McKenzie, Daniel G Hamilton, David Moher, Peter Tugwell, Fiona M Fidler, Neal R Haddaway, Julian PT Higgins, Raju Kanukula, Sathya Karunananthan, Lara J Maxwell, Steve McDonald, Shinichi Nakagawa, David Nunan, Vivian A Welch, Matthew J Page

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods | Wiley | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1002/cesm.12009

Abstract

Background Replication is essential to the scientific method. It is unclear what systematic reviewers think about the replication of systematic reviews (SRs). Therefore, we aimed to explore systematic reviewers' perspectives on (a) the definition and importance of SR replication; (b) incentives and barriers to conducting SR replication; and (c) a checklist to guide when to replicate an SR. Methods We searched PubMed for SRs published from January to April 2021, from which we randomly allocated 50% to this survey and 50% to another survey on data sharing in SRs. We sent an electronic survey to authors of these SRs (n = 4669) using Qualtrics. Quantitative responses were summarized using frequ..

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42 Health Sciences
4202 Epidemiology