The PRISMA 2020 Statement: An Updated Guideline for Reporting Systematic Reviews

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Mar 29

PMID 33780438

Citations 965

Authors

Matthew J Page

Joanne E McKenzie

Patrick M Bossuyt

Isabelle Boutron

Tammy C Hoffmann

Cynthia D Mulrow

Larissa Shamseer

Jennifer M Tetzlaff

Elie A Akl

Sue E Brennan

Roger Chou

Julie Glanville

Jeremy M Grimshaw

Asbjorn Hrobjartsson

Manoj M Lalu

Tianjing Li

Elizabeth W Loder

Evan Mayo-Wilson

Steve McDonald

Luke A McGuinness

Lesley A Stewart

James Thomas

Andrea C Tricco

Vivian A Welch

Penny Whiting

David Moher

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Abstract

Matthew Page and co-authors describe PRISMA 2020, an updated reporting guideline for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

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