Prioritization and Sequential Exclusion of Articles in Systematic Reviews

Overview

Journal Campbell Syst Rev

Date 2023 Mar 13

PMID 36911354

Authors

K M Saif-Ur-Rahman

Md Hasan

Shahed Hossain

Iqbal Anwar

Yoshihisa Hirakawa

Hiroshi Yatsuya

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Abstract

It is difficult to match the causes of exclusion among two independent review authors after screening the title and abstract or full texts in systematic reviews. We have proposed the prioritization and sequential exclusion approach to reduce the subjectivity in reporting reasons for exclusion. This approach might reduce the burden of mismatched numbers while describing the cause of exclusion.

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