Verifying authors' claims to have conducted a Systematic Review? A checklist for journal editors and peer reviewers

Andrew S Pullin^{1

2}, Biljana Macura^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, Bangor, UK. a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk.
² School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK. a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk.
³ Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Stockholm Environment Institute, Box 24218, Stockholm, 10451, Sweden.

Editorial

Andrew S Pullin et al. Environ Evid. 2025.

. 2025 May 14;14(1):8.

doi: 10.1186/s13750-025-00361-w.

Andrew S Pullin^{1

2}, Biljana Macura^{3

4}

¹ Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, Bangor, UK. a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk.
² School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK. a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk.
³ Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Stockholm Environment Institute, Box 24218, Stockholm, 10451, Sweden.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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