Reporting standards for literature searches and report inclusion criteria: making research syntheses more transparent and easy to replicate.
Atkinson Kayla M, Koenka Alison C, Sanchez Carmen E, +2 more·Research synthesis methods
A complete description of the literature search, including the criteria used for the inclusion of reports after they have been located, used in a research synthesis or meta-analysis is critical if subsequent researchers are to accurately evaluate and reproduce a synthesis' methods and results. Based on previous guideli…