Publication Trends in Rheumatology Systematic Reviews and Randomized Clinical Trials, 1995-2017.

Michael S PutmanAlexander ChaitoffJoshua D Niforatos

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2020)

The growth of systematic reviews and metaanalyses (SRMA) has outpaced the growth of randomized clinical trials (RCT) in many medicine subspecialties1 This may reflect technological advances in SRMA production, fewer barriers to publish, or academic pressure to produce citations2.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
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