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Table 3 Number of unique included references by each specific database

From: Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study

Database

Number of reviews that used the database

Number of reviews with unique references

Number of unique references

Embase

58

29 (50%)

132 (45%)

MEDLINE

58

27 (47%)

69 (24%)

Web of Science

58

19 (33%)

37 (13%)

Google Scholar

58

24 (41%)

37 (13%)

CINAHL

18

1 (6%)

6 (2%)

Scopus

24

3 (13%)

5 (2%)

PsycINFO

11

1 (9%)

2 (1%)

SportDiscus

2

2 (100%)

3 (1%)