Zachary Munn, Timothy Barker, Cindy Stern, Danielle Pollock, Amanda Ross-White, Miloslav Klugar, Rick Wiechula, Edoardo Aromataris, Larissa Shamseer
A systematic review involves the identification, evaluation, and synthesis of the best-available evidence to provide an answer to a specific question. The "best-available evidence" is, in many cases, a peer-reviewed scientific article published in an academic journal that details the conduct and results of a scientific study. Any potential threat to the validity of these individual studies (and hence the resultant synthesis) must be evaluated and critiqued.In science, predatory journals continue to rise. Studies published in predatory journals may be of lower quality and more likely to be impacted by fraud and error compared to studies published in traditional journals...
June 28, 2021: JBI evidence synthesis