M. Clarke et T. Clarke, A study of the references used in cochrane protocols and reviews - Three bibles, three dictionaries, and nearly 25,000 other things, INT J TE A, 16(3), 2000, pp. 907-909
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE
Objectives: To describe the types of report that are cited by protocols and
reviews included in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Methods: The citation for each reference included in the Cochrane protocols
and reviews published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in is
sue 1, 1999 of The Cochrane Library were categorized by reference type (e.g
., journal article, conference proceeding, book chapter, personal communica
tion, Cochrane review).
Results: Of a total of 24,913 citations, 21,694 (87.1%) were references to
journal articles. There was a significant difference between the proportion
of references to studies that were journal articles (12,348 of 13,472; 91.
7%) and the proportion of other references in this category (9,346 of 11,44
1; 81.7%).
Conclusion: The great majority of studies included in Cochrane reviews at t
he beginning of 1999 had been published as journal articles.