Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Most cited papers

1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviewsBMJ · 2021 · 107,350 citations
2. The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical DataBiometrics · 1977 · 81,688 citations
3. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA StatementPLoS Medicine · 2009 · 65,305 citations
4. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical testBMJ · 1997 · 57,894 citations
5. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and ExplanationAnnals of Internal Medicine · 2018 · 44,448 citations
6. Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groupsInternational Journal for Quality in Health Care · 2007 · 44,309 citations
7. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA StatementAnnals of Internal Medicine · 2009 · 38,227 citations
8. Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysisStatistics in Medicine · 2002 · 37,614 citations
9. A Guideline of Selecting and Reporting Intraclass Correlation Coefficients for Reliability ResearchJournal of Chiropractic Medicine · 2016 · 29,652 citations
10. The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and ElaborationPLoS Medicine · 2009 · 28,091 citations
11. Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statementSystematic Reviews · 2015 · 27,164 citations
12. Rayyan—a web and mobile app for systematic reviewsSystematic Reviews · 2016 · 26,668 citations
13. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for Reporting Observational StudiesPLoS Medicine · 2007 · 22,460 citations
14. Conducting Meta-Analyses in R with the metafor PackageJournal of Statistical Software · 2010 · 21,037 citations
15. Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology A Proposal for ReportingJAMA · 2000 · 20,957 citations
16. ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventionsBMJ · 2016 · 20,382 citations
17. The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaborationBMJ · 2009 · 18,000 citations
18. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for Reporting Observational StudiesAnnals of Internal Medicine · 2007 · 17,961 citations
19. Operating Characteristics of a Rank Correlation Test for Publication BiasBiometrics · 1994 · 17,340 citations
20. Scoping studies: advancing the methodologyImplementation Science · 2010 · 15,654 citations
21. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of InterventionsWiley eBooks · 2019 · 15,019 citations
22. QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy StudiesAnnals of Internal Medicine · 2011 · 14,607 citations
23. Trim and Fill: A Simple Funnel‐Plot–Based Method of Testing and Adjusting for Publication Bias in Meta‐AnalysisBiometrics · 2000 · 14,369 citations
24. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trialsBMC Medicine · 2010 · 13,623 citations
25. Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanationBMJ · 2015 · 13,536 citations
26. Standards for Reporting Qualitative ResearchAcademic Medicine · 2014 · 12,555 citations
27. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statementInternational Journal of Surgery · 2010 · 12,348 citations
28. Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from the sample size, median, range and/or interquartile rangeBMC Medical Research Methodology · 2014 · 12,054 citations
29. The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviewsInternational Journal of Surgery · 2021 · 11,970 citations
30. PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviewsBMJ · 2021 · 11,889 citations
31. Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approachBMC Medical Research Methodology · 2018 · 11,661 citations
32. Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guideBMJ · 2014 · 11,024 citations
33. AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or bothBMJ · 2017 · 10,967 citations