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ArticleFrontiers in research metrics and analytics2023

The international platform of registered systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (INPLASY) at 3 years: an analysis of 4,658 registered protocols on inplasy.com, platform features, and website statistics.

João Vitor Dos Santos Canellas, Fabio Gamboa Ritto, Alessandro Rodolico, Eugenio Aguglia, Gustavo Vicentis de Oliveira Fernandes, Carlos Marcelo da Silva Figueredo, Mario Vianna Vettore

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Article in Frontiers in research metrics and analytics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Suicides in general hospitals: Meta-analysis of incidence and trends.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

João Vitor Dos Santos CanellasDepartment of Research, INPLASY, Inc.-International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols, Middletown, DE, United States.
Fabio Gamboa RittoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, United States.
Alessandro RodolicoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Eugenio AgugliaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Gustavo Vicentis de Oliveira FernandesDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Carlos Marcelo da Silva FigueredoSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Mario Vianna VettoreDepartment of Health and Nursing Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: INPLASY Methods: We described the database features and registered information of all records published since the launch of the registry on March 31, 2023. Additionally, we analyzed the website statistics dataset to explore user experience and promote data transparency. Results: Four thousand six hundred fifty-eight records were registered in INPLASY Conclusions: INPLASY

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evidence synthesis projectsINPLASYprotocolsregistrationregistryscoping reviewssystematic reviews

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PMID37588882
PMCPMC10426905

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