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ArticlePloS one2019

A world map of evidence-based medicine: Density equalizing mapping of the Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

David A Groneberg, Stefan Rolle, Michael H K Bendels, Doris Klingelhöfer, Norman Schöffel, Jan Bauer, Dörthe Brüggmann

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

David A GronebergThe Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Stefan RolleThe Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Michael H K BendelsThe Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Doris KlingelhöferThe Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0716-9872
Norman SchöffelThe Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Jan BauerThe Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Dörthe BrüggmannThe Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systematic reviews represent the core and backbone of evidence-based medicine (EBM) strategies in all fields of medicine. In order to depict a first global sketch of the international efforts in the Cochrane database systematic reviews (CDSR), we analyzed the systematic reviews of the Cochrane database. Our global maps of systematic reviewing offer intriguing structural insights into the world of EBM strategies. They demonstrate that for the CDSR, the UK and Commonwealth countries take the lead position. Since patients, care providers and health systems all over the world benefit from systematic reviewing, institutions in other countries should increase their commitment.

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Databases, FactualBiomedical ResearchData ManagementEvidence-Based MedicineGlobal HealthHumansSystematic Reviews as Topic

Identifiers

PMID31834918
PMCPMC6910692

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