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Overviews of systematic reviews: development and evaluation of methods

Guest Editor: Dr Joanne McKenzie

A thematic series published in Systematic Reviews.

This series includes articles that examine methods used in overviews, outline the development of a new method for overviews, evaluate the performance of methods for overviews, or examine issues of bias in overviews.

The deadline for submissions to this thematic series was 28 February 2018.  Manuscripts submitted before this date will be published in the series following peer review. Manuscripts submitted after this date will still be considered in the main body of the journal.

  1. Overviews of systematic reviews (SRs) attempt to systematically retrieve and summarise the results of multiple systematic reviews. This is the second of two papers from a study aiming to develop a comprehensiv...

    Authors: Carole Lunny, Sue E. Brennan, Steve McDonald and Joanne E. McKenzie
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2018 7:159
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  2. Systematic reviews (SRs) of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) can provide the best evidence to inform decision-making, but their methodological and reporting quality varies. Tools exist to guide the critical...

    Authors: Allison Gates, Michelle Gates, Gonçalo Duarte, Maria Cary, Monika Becker, Barbara Prediger, Ben Vandermeer, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Dawid Pieper and Lisa Hartling
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2018 7:85
    Content type: Protocol Published on:

  3. Previous research shows that many authors of Cochrane overviews were also involved in some of the included systematic reviews (SRs). This type of dual (co-)authorship (DCA) may be a conflict of interest and a ...

    Authors: Dawid Pieper, Andreas Waltering, Jakob Holstiege and Roland Brian Büchter
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2018 7:63
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Overviews of systematic reviews are a relatively new approach to synthesising evidence, and research methods and associated guidance are developing. Within this paper we aim to help readers understand key issu...

    Authors: Harriet Hunt, Alex Pollock, Pauline Campbell, Lise Estcourt and Ginny Brunton
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2018 7:39
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  5. Overviews of systematic reviews attempt to systematically retrieve and summarise the results of multiple systematic reviews. Methods for conducting, interpreting and reporting overviews are in their infancy. T...

    Authors: Carole Lunny, Sue E. Brennan, Steve McDonald and Joanne E. McKenzie
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2017 6:231
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  6. The Contextualized Health Research Synthesis Program (CHRSP), developed in 2007 by the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research, produces contextualized knowledge syntheses for health-syste...

    Authors: Stephen Bornstein, Rochelle Baker, Pablo Navarro, Sarah Mackey, David Speed and Melissa Sullivan
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2017 6:218
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  7. The proliferation of systematic reviews and escalating demand from policy makers has driven a newer form of evidence synthesis—overviews of systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews are publishing a special thematic...

    Authors: Joanne E. McKenzie and Sue E. Brennan
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2017 6:185
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  8. Overviews of systematic reviews are an increasingly popular method of evidence synthesis; there is a lack of clear guidance for completing overviews and a number of methodological challenges. At the UK Cochran...

    Authors: Alex Pollock, Pauline Campbell, Ginny Brunton, Harriet Hunt and Lise Estcourt
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2017 6:145
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  9. Overviews of systematic reviews (overviews) attempt to systematically retrieve and summarize the results of multiple systematic reviews (SRs) for a given condition or public health problem. Two prior descripti...

    Authors: Dawid Pieper, Michelle Pollock, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Roland Brian Büchter and Lisa Hartling
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2017 6:73
    Content type: Protocol Published on:

  10. Overviews of reviews (overviews) compile data from multiple systematic reviews to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for decision-making. Despite their increasing popularity, there is limited meth...

    Authors: Michelle Pollock, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Lorne A. Becker, Robin Featherstone and Lisa Hartling
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2016 5:190
    Content type: Research Published on: