ArticleSystematic reviews2023
Citation of updated and co-published Cochrane Methodology Reviews.
Article in Systematic reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dipyridamole combined with immunoglobulin and aspirin in the treatment of Kawasaki disease in children: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Fosaprepitant as combination therapy to prevent chemotherapy-induced vomiting in children: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures in patients with elbow-related orthopedic conditions.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2025Review
- Edaravone dexborneol compared to edaravone in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the number of citations for Cochrane Methodology Reviews after they have been updated or co-published in another journal, and the effect of co-publishing the review on the co-publishing journal's impact factor (IF).
methodsWe identified all Cochrane Methodology Reviews published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) before 2018 and searched for co-published versions in the Web of Science Core Collection database up to 16 August 2022. The included reviews were in two cohorts: those that had been published and updated in CDSR and those that had been published in CDSR and co-published in another journal. The primary outcome measured the citation number to updated and original reviews in the first five years after publication of the updated review, and assessed the citation number of co-published and non-co-published reviews in the first five years after publication of the co-published version. The secondary outcome was the ratio of an adjusted IF and the actual IF of the co-publishing journal.
resultsEight updated and six original reviews were identified for the updated cohort of reviews, and four co-published reviews were included in the co-published cohort. The original reviews continued to be cited after the update was published but the median for the total number of citations was non-significantly higher for the updated reviews than for their original version[161 (Interquartile range (IQR) 85, 198) versus 113 (IQR 15, 433)]. The median number of total citations [362 (IQR 179, 840) versus 145 (IQR 75, 445)] and the median number of citations to the review in the first five years after co-publication combined and in each of those years was higher in the co-published group than in the non-co-published group. One of the three journals that co-published Reviews in the first year and two journals in the second year had a lower IF after co-publication.
conclusionsEarlier versions of Cochrane Methodology Reviews continue to be cited after an update is published, which raises doubts about whether those citing are using the most recent evidence or are aware of the update. Co-publication facilitates broader application and dissemination of Cochrane methodology evidence.
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