TY - JOUR
T1 - PRISMA-S
T2 - An extension to the PRISMA statement for reporting literature searches in systematic reviews
AU - PRISMA-S Group
AU - Rethlefsen, Melissa L.
AU - Kirtley, Shona
AU - Waffenschmidt, Siw
AU - Ayala, Ana Patricia
AU - Moher, David
AU - Page, Matthew J.
AU - Koffel, Jonathan B.
AU - Blunt, Heather
AU - Brigham, Tara
AU - Chang, Steven
AU - Clark, Justin
AU - Conway, Aislinn
AU - Couban, Rachel
AU - De Kock, Shelley
AU - Farrah, Kelly
AU - Fehrmann, Paul
AU - Foster, Margaret
AU - Fowler, Susan A.
AU - Glanville, Julie
AU - Harris, Elizabeth
AU - Hoffecker, Lilian
AU - Isojarvi, Jaana
AU - Kaunelis, David
AU - Ket, Hans
AU - Levay, Paul
AU - Lyon, Jennifer
AU - McGowan, Jessie
AU - Murad, M. Hassan
AU - Nicholson, Joey
AU - Pannabecker, Virginia
AU - Paynter, Robin
AU - Pinotti, Rachel
AU - Ross-White, Amanda
AU - Sampson, Margaret
AU - Shields, Tracy
AU - Stevens, Adrienne
AU - Sutton, Anthea
AU - Weinfurter, Elizabeth
AU - Wright, Kath
AU - Young, Sarah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Medical Library Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Background: Literature searches underlie the foundations of systematic reviews and related review types. Yet, the literature searching component of systematic reviews and related review types is often poorly reported. Guidance for literature search reporting has been diverse and, in many cases, does not offer enough detail to authors who need more specific information about reporting search methods and information sources in a clear, reproducible way. This document presents the PRISMA-S (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses literature search extension) checklist, and explanation and elaboration. Methods: The checklist was developed using a three-stage Delphi survey process, followed by a consensus conference and public review process. Results: The final checklist includes sixteen reporting items, each of which is detailed with exemplar reporting and rationale. Conclusions: The intent of PRISMA-S is to complement the PRISMA Statement and its extensions by providing a checklist that could be used by interdisciplinary authors, editors, and peer reviewers to verify that each component of a search is completely reported and, therefore, reproducible.
AB - Background: Literature searches underlie the foundations of systematic reviews and related review types. Yet, the literature searching component of systematic reviews and related review types is often poorly reported. Guidance for literature search reporting has been diverse and, in many cases, does not offer enough detail to authors who need more specific information about reporting search methods and information sources in a clear, reproducible way. This document presents the PRISMA-S (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses literature search extension) checklist, and explanation and elaboration. Methods: The checklist was developed using a three-stage Delphi survey process, followed by a consensus conference and public review process. Results: The final checklist includes sixteen reporting items, each of which is detailed with exemplar reporting and rationale. Conclusions: The intent of PRISMA-S is to complement the PRISMA Statement and its extensions by providing a checklist that could be used by interdisciplinary authors, editors, and peer reviewers to verify that each component of a search is completely reported and, therefore, reproducible.
KW - Information retrieval
KW - Literature search
KW - Reporting guidelines
KW - Reproducibility
KW - Search strategies
KW - Systematic reviews
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U2 - 10.5195/jmla.2021.962
DO - 10.5195/jmla.2021.962
M3 - Article
C2 - 34285662
AN - SCOPUS:85111160040
SN - 1536-5050
VL - 109
SP - 174
EP - 200
JO - Journal of the Medical Library Association
JF - Journal of the Medical Library Association
IS - 2
ER -