Literature Reviews in the Health Sciences: Write-Up & Publishing

Publication Standards

For Systematic Reviews
For Other Reviews

Moher, D., Liberati, A., Tetzlaff, J., Altman, D. G., & PRISMA Group. (2010). Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. International Journal of Surgery, 8(5), 336-341.

Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman D G for the PRISMA Group.
Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. BMJ 2009;339:b2535.

Moher, D., Shamseer, L., Clarke, M., Ghersi, D., Liberati, A., Petticrew, M., ... & Stewart, L. A. (2015). Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement. Syst Rev, 4(1), 1.

Welch V, Petticrew M, Tugwell P, Moher D, O'Neill J, et al. PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity. PLoS Med 9(10): e1001333.

RAMESES Publication standards: meta-narrative reviews
Geoff Wong, Trish Greenhalgh, Gill Westhorp, Jeanette Buckingham and Ray Pawson BMC Medicine 2013: 11:20http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/20

RAMESES Publication standards: realist syntheses
Geoff Wong, Trish Greenhalgh, Gill Westhorp, Jeanette Buckingham and Ray Pawson
BMC Medicine 2013: 11:21 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/21/abstract

Arksey, H. & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 8(1), 19-32

Levac, D., Colquhoun, H. & O'Brien, K.K. (2012). Scoping studies: advancing the methodology.Implementation Science. 5(69).

Daudt, H.M.L., van Mossel, C. & Scott, S.J. (2013). Enhancing the scoping study methodology: a large, inter-professional team's experience with Arksey and O'Malley's framework. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 13, 48.

Stroup, D. F., Berlin, J. A., Morton, S. C., Olkin, I., Williamson, G. D., Rennie, D., ... & Thacker, S. B. (2000). Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. Jama, 283(15), 2008-2012.

Manuscript Preparation

General guidelines for publishing in biomedical journals - ICMJE: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals

Systematic Reviews - http://www.cochrane.org/

Open Access and Author's Rights

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Copyright

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