Stojic, Stevan; Minder, Beatrice; Boehl, Gabriela; Rivero, Tania; Zwahlen, Marcel; Gemperli, Armin; Glisic, Marija (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis use in the field of spinal cord injury research: A bibliometric analysis. The journal of spinal cord medicine, pp. 1-11. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/10790268.2023.2251205
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OBJECTIVE
To subvert issues of low sample sizes and high attrition rates and generate epidemiologically-sound evidence, collaborative research-through international consortia and multi-centric studies-and meta-analysis approaches are encouraged in spinal cord injury (SCI) research. We investigated the use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMA) methodology in SCI research and evaluated the quality of evidence across publications we identified.
METHODS
We searched the Web of Science Core Collection database by topic without time or language restrictions through 16 December 2022. We identified additional relevant articles through Embase.com. SRMA including human and animal SCI populations were eligible for inclusion. We analyzed data using Bibliometrix and VOSviewer. We used the JBI tool (former Joanna Briggs Institute) to assess methodological quality of a subset of 50 randomly selected articles.
RESULTS
We based our analysis on data from 1'224 documents authored by 5'237 scholars and published in 424 sources between 1985 and 2022. The use of SRMA methodology in the field gained momentum in 2009 and a steady increase followed with an annual growth rate of ≈15%. Our findings indicate major research themes in the field include recovery, SCI management, rehabilitation, and quality of life. Over the past 30 years there has been a shift from SRMA concerning functional recovery, secondary health complications, and quality of life toward biomarkers and neuro-regeneration. The major methodological issues across articles we evaluated included opaquely described search strategies, poorly reported critical appraisals, and insufficiently addressing publication bias. In addition, only one-fifth of articles reported review protocol registration.
CONCLUSIONS
: Our bibliometric analysis clearly shows a rapid increase of SRMA applications in SCI research. We discuss the most important methodological concerns we identified among a randomly selected set of articles and provide guidance for improving adherence to methodological and reporting SRMA guidelines.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
13 Central Units > Administrative Director's Office > University Library of Bern 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Minder, Beatrice, Rivero, Tania Mercedes, Zwahlen, Marcel, Glisic, Marija |
Subjects: |
000 Computer science, knowledge & systems > 020 Library & information sciences 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
2045-7723 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
12 Sep 2023 15:16 |
Last Modified: |
07 Jan 2024 00:13 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/10790268.2023.2251205 |
PubMed ID: |
37682290 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Bibliometric analysis Research trends Spinal cord injury Systematic review and meta-analysis |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/186186 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/186186 |
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