High variability in results and methodological quality among overlapping systematic reviews on the same topics in surgery: a meta-epidemiological study.
Morihiro KatsuraAkira KuriyamaMasafumi TadaYasushi TsujimotoYan LuoKazumichi YamamotoRyuhei SoMasaharu AgaKazuhide MatsushimaShingo FukumaToshi A FurukawaPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2022)
Overlapping SRs/MAs with high variability in results and methodological quality were common in surgery. A high-quality SR/MA score was an independent predictor of more frequent citations. Researchers and journal editors should concentrate their efforts on limiting publications to higher-quality reviews.