Larissa Shamseer, David Moher, Onyi Maduekwe, Lucy Turner et al.
BACKGROUND: The Internet has transformed scholarly publishing, most notably, by the introduction of open access publishing. Recently, there has been a rise of online journals characterized as 'predatory', which actively solicit manuscripts and charge publications fees without providing robust peer r...
Belinda Burford, Vivian Welch, Elizabeth Waters, Peter Tugwell et al.
Reporting guidelines can be used to encourage standardised and comprehensive reporting of health research. In light of the global commitment to health equity, we have previously developed and published a reporting guideline for equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012). The objectives of thi...
Lisa Bero, Godwin Busuttil, Cindy Farquhar, Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos et al.
How well does The Cochrane Library achieve its objectiveto provide accessible and credible evidence to guide decision making in medicine and public health?And how should we measure success or failure?Regular users of The Cochrane Library will have a view of its quality, and we hope that you think th...
Éle Quinn, Shoba Dawson, Jeremy Holt, Shahed Hossain et al.
Systematic reviews provide the best quality evidence about the effectiveness of health treatments. However, systematic reviews and the important role they play in healthcare are not well understood beyond the walls of academia and healthcare. Systematic reviews can help the public make more informed...
Bryn Nelson
This is Part 1 of a 3-part series on the origins, impacts, and opponents of predatory journals. One Russian-owned journal that may or may not be based in Warsaw, Poland, appears to have a fake editorial board and a bogus impact factor. Another publisher and prolifi c spammer with a posted address in...