PubMed limited:: ((review[tiab] OR "Review"[Publication Type] OR "Meta-Analysis as Topic"[Mesh] OR meta-analysis[tiab] OR "Meta-Analysis "[Publication Type]) NOT ("Letter"[Publication Type] OR "Editorial"[Publication Type] OR "Comment"[Publication Type])) NOT ("Animals"[Mesh] NOT ("Animals"[Mesh] AND "Humans"[Mesh]));; PubMed extensive:: ((review*[tiab] OR search*[tiab] OR survey*[tiab] OR handsearch*[tiab] OR hand-search*[tiab]) AND (databa*[tiab] OR data-ba*[tiab] OR bibliograph*[tiab] OR electronic*[tiab] OR medline*[tiab] OR pubmed*[tiab] OR embase*[tiab] OR Cochrane[tiab] OR cinahl[tiab] OR psycinfo[tiab] OR psychinfo[tiab] OR cinhal[tiab] OR "web of science"[tiab] OR "web of knowledge"[tiab] OR ebsco[tiab] OR ovid[tiab] OR mrct[tiab] OR metaregist*[tiab] OR meta-regist*[tiab] OR ((predetermined[tiab] OR pre-determined[tiab]) AND criteri*[tiab]) OR apprais*[tiab] OR inclusion criteri*[tiab] OR exclusion criteri*[tiab])) OR (review[pt] AND systemat*[tiab]) OR "systematic review"[tiab] OR "systematic literature"[tiab] OR "integrative review"[tiab] OR "integrative literature"[tiab] OR "evidence-based review"[tiab] OR "evidence-based overview"[tiab] OR "evidence-based literature"[tiab] OR "evidence-based survey"[tiab] OR "literature search"[tiab] OR ((systemat*[ti] OR evidence-based[ti]) AND (review*[ti] OR literature[ti] OR overview[ti] OR survey[ti])) OR "data synthesis"[tiab] OR "evidence synthesis"[tiab] OR "data extraction"[tiab] OR "data source"[tiab] OR "data sources"[tiab] OR "study selection"[tiab] OR "methodological quality"[tiab] OR "methodologic quality"[tiab] OR cochrane database syst rev[ta] OR meta-analy*[tiab] OR metaanaly*[tiab] OR metanaly*[tiab] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR meta-synthesis[tiab] OR metasynthesis[tiab] OR meta-study[tiab] OR metastudy[tiab] OR metaethnograph*[tiab] OR meta-ethnograph*[tiab] OR Technology Assessment, Biomedical[mh] OR hta[tiab] OR health technol assess [ta] OR evid rep technol assess summ[ta] OR health technology assessment[tiab]) OR ((review*[ot] OR search*[ot] OR survey*[ot] OR handsearch*[ot] OR hand-search*[ot]) AND (databa*[ot] OR data-ba*[ot] OR bibliograph*[ot] OR electronic*[ot] OR medline*[ot] OR pubmed*[ot] OR embase*[ot] OR cochrane[ot] OR cinahl[ot] OR psycinfo[ot] OR psychinfo[ot] OR cinhal[ot] OR "web of science"[ot] OR "web of knowledge"[ot] OR ebsco[ot] OR ovid[ot] OR mrct[ot] OR metaregist*[ot] OR meta-regist*[ot] OR ((predetermined[ot] OR pre-determined[ot]) AND criteri*[ot]) OR apprais*[ot] OR inclusion criteri*[ot] OR exclusion criteri*[ot]) OR (review[pt] AND systemat*[ot]) OR "systematic review"[ot] OR "systematic literature"[ot] OR "integrative review"[ot] OR "integrative literature"[ot] OR "evidence-based review"[ot] OR "evidence-based overview"[ot] OR "evidence-based literature"[ot] OR "evidence-based survey"[ot] OR "literature search"[ot] OR ((systemat*[ti] OR evidence-based[ti]) AND (review*[ti] OR literature[ti] OR overview[ti] OR survey[ti])) OR "data synthesis"[ot] OR "evidence synthesis"[ot] OR "data extraction"[ot] OR "data source"[ot] OR "data sources"[ot] OR "study selection"[ot] OR "methodological quality"[ot] OR "methodologic quality"[ot] OR meta-analy*[ot] OR metaanaly*[ot] OR metanaly*[ot] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR meta-synthesis[ot] OR metasynthesis[ot] OR meta-study[ot] OR metastudy[ot] OR metaethnograph*[ot] OR meta-ethnograph*[ot] OR hta[ot] OR health technology assessment[ot]);; Embase.com:: 'meta analysis'/exp OR 'systematic review'/exp OR (meta NEAR/3 analy*):ab,ti OR metaanaly*:ab,ti OR review*:ti OR overview*:ti OR (synthes* NEAR/3 (literature* OR research* OR studies OR data)):ab,ti OR (pooled AND analys*:ab,ti) OR ((data NEAR/2 pool*):ab,ti AND studies:ab,ti) OR medline:ab,ti OR medlars:ab,ti OR embase:ab,ti OR cinahl:ab,ti OR scisearch:ab,ti OR psychinfo:ab,ti OR psycinfo:ab,ti OR psychlit:ab,ti OR psyclit:ab,ti OR cinhal:ab,ti OR cancerlit:ab,ti OR cochrane:ab,ti OR bids:ab,ti OR pubmed:ab,ti OR ovid:ab,ti OR ((hand OR manual OR database* OR computer*) NEAR/2 search*):ab,ti OR (electronic NEAR/2 (database* OR 'data base' OR 'data bases')):ab,ti OR bibliograph*:ab OR 'relevant journals':ab OR ((review* OR overview*) NEAR/10 (systematic* OR methodologic* OR quantitativ* OR research* OR literature* OR studies OR trial* OR effective*)):ab NOT (((retrospective* OR record* OR case* OR patient*) NEAR/2 review*):ab,ti OR ((patient* OR review*) NEAR/2 chart*):ab,ti) NOT ('editorial'/exp OR 'erratum'/de OR 'letter'/exp);; Web of Science:: (TS=(("meta" NEAR/3 "analy*") OR "metaanaly*" OR ("synthes*" NEAR/3 ("literature*" OR "research*" OR "studies" OR "data")) OR ("pooled" AND "analys*") OR (("data" NEAR/2 "pool*") AND "studies") OR "medline" OR "medlars" OR "embase" OR "cinahl" OR "scisearch" OR "psychinfo" OR "psycinfo" OR "psychlit" OR "psyclit" OR "cinhal" OR "cancerlit" OR "cochrane" OR "bids" OR "pubmed" OR "ovid" OR (("hand" OR "manual" OR "database*" OR "computer*") NEAR/2 "search*") OR "electronic" NEAR/2 ("database*" OR "data base" OR "data bases")) OR TI=("review*" OR "overview") OR AB=("bibliograph*" OR "relevant journals" OR (("review*" OR "overview*") NEAR/10 ("systematic*" OR "methodologic*" OR "quantitativ*" OR "research*" OR "literature*" OR "studies" OR "trial*" OR "effective*")))) NOT TS=((("retrospective*" OR "record*" OR "case*" OR "patient*") NEAR/2 "review*") OR (("patient*" OR "review*") NEAR/2 "chart*"));; PsycINFO (Ovid):: (literature review OR systematic review OR meta analysis).md. OR "literature review"/ OR meta analysis/ OR (((meta ADJ2 analy*) OR metaanaly* OR (synthes* ADJ2 (literature* OR research* OR studies OR data)) OR (pooled AND analys*) OR ((data ADJ1 pool*) AND studies) OR medline OR medlars OR embase OR cinahl OR scisearch OR psychinfo OR psycinfo OR psychlit OR psyclit OR cinhal OR cancerlit OR cochrane OR bids OR pubmed OR ovid OR ((hand OR manual OR database* OR computer*) ADJ1 search*) OR (electronic ADJ1 (database* OR data base OR data bases))).ti,ab,id. OR (review* OR overview).ti OR (bibliograph* OR relevant journals OR ((review* OR overview*) ADJ9 (systematic* OR methodologic* OR quantitativ* OR research* OR literature* OR studies OR trial* OR effective*))).ab.) NOT (((retrospective* OR record* OR case* OR patient*) ADJ1 review*) OR ((patient* OR review*) ADJ1 chart*)).ti,ab,id.
Creator:
Ket JCF, Mol M, and Vries R de
Notes:
PubMed extensive: orig. drafted by Mol, 28 Jul 2010. OT-tags added to find author keywords by Ket, 16 Jan 2014. PubMed limited: based on research for a SR-filter for OVID/Medline: Boynton J, Glanville J, McDaid D, Lefebvre C. Identifying systematic reviews in MEDLINE: developing an objective approach to search strategy design. Journal of Information Science 1998;24(3):137-54. This strategy is also used by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) in York. Translated for PubMed by Ket, Jan 2009. Embase.com orig. drafted by Ket, 20 Oct 2010, revised by De Vries, 18 May 2016. WoS: provisional draft, based on Embase.com-strategy, 7 Jul 2016. Revised 16 May 2019.
PsycINFO: provisional draft, based on the other search strategies.
Keywords:
Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science (WoS); EMbase.com (EM); Epidemiology; PubMed (PM); Study types; methodology
