The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.

<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether librarian or information specialist authorship is associated with better reproducibility of the search, at least three databases searched, and better reporting quality in dental systematic reviews (SRs).<h4>Methods</h4>SRs from the top...

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Autores principales:	Jana Schellinger, Kerry Sewell, Jamie E Bloss, Tristan Ebron, Carrie Forbes
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:86b8f9fdf5634039acd1f9fcf125a4e12021-12-02T20:08:40ZThe effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0256833https://doaj.org/article/86b8f9fdf5634039acd1f9fcf125a4e12021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256833https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether librarian or information specialist authorship is associated with better reproducibility of the search, at least three databases searched, and better reporting quality in dental systematic reviews (SRs).<h4>Methods</h4>SRs from the top ten dental research journals (as determined by Journal Citation Reports and Scimago) were reviewed for search quality and reproducibility by independent reviewers using two Qualtrics survey instruments. Data was reviewed for all SRs based on reproducibility and librarian participation and further reviewed for search quality of reproducible searches.<h4>Results</h4>Librarians were co-authors in only 2.5% of the 913 included SRs and librarians were mentioned or acknowledged in only 9% of included SRs. Librarian coauthors were associated with more reproducible searches, higher search quality, and at least three databases searched. Although the results indicate librarians are associated with improved SR quality, due to the small number of SRs that included a librarian, results were not statistically significant.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Despite guidance from organizations that produce SR guidelines recommending the inclusion of a librarian or information specialist on the review team, and despite evidence showing that librarians improve the reproducibility of searches and the reporting of methodology in SRs, librarians are not being included in SRs in the field of dental medicine. The authors of this review recommend the inclusion of a librarian on SR teams in dental medicine and other fields.Jana SchellingerKerry SewellJamie E BlossTristan EbronCarrie ForbesPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0256833 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Jana Schellinger Kerry Sewell Jamie E Bloss Tristan Ebron Carrie Forbes The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.
description	<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether librarian or information specialist authorship is associated with better reproducibility of the search, at least three databases searched, and better reporting quality in dental systematic reviews (SRs).<h4>Methods</h4>SRs from the top ten dental research journals (as determined by Journal Citation Reports and Scimago) were reviewed for search quality and reproducibility by independent reviewers using two Qualtrics survey instruments. Data was reviewed for all SRs based on reproducibility and librarian participation and further reviewed for search quality of reproducible searches.<h4>Results</h4>Librarians were co-authors in only 2.5% of the 913 included SRs and librarians were mentioned or acknowledged in only 9% of included SRs. Librarian coauthors were associated with more reproducible searches, higher search quality, and at least three databases searched. Although the results indicate librarians are associated with improved SR quality, due to the small number of SRs that included a librarian, results were not statistically significant.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Despite guidance from organizations that produce SR guidelines recommending the inclusion of a librarian or information specialist on the review team, and despite evidence showing that librarians improve the reproducibility of searches and the reporting of methodology in SRs, librarians are not being included in SRs in the field of dental medicine. The authors of this review recommend the inclusion of a librarian on SR teams in dental medicine and other fields.
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author	Jana Schellinger Kerry Sewell Jamie E Bloss Tristan Ebron Carrie Forbes
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title	The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.
title_short	The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.
title_full	The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.
title_fullStr	The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.
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The effect of librarian involvement on the quality of systematic reviews in dental medicine.

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