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Comment
. 2020 Jul:123:171-173.
doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.04.014. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Lessons from COVID-19 to future evidence synthesis efforts: first living search strategy and out of date scientific publishing and indexing industry (submitted)

Farhad Shokraneh  1 , Tony Russell-Rose  2
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Comment

Lessons from COVID-19 to future evidence synthesis efforts: first living search strategy and out of date scientific publishing and indexing industry (submitted)

Farhad Shokraneh et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

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    The guidance on excluding non-English literature in evidence synthesis may not be suitable for topics where studies are likely to be from a non-English geography.

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    The routine practice of developing search strategies may not fit the rapidly changing concepts such as COVID-19 and we need living search strategies.

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    Out-of-date publishing and indexing policies need to be updated.

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