Table 2 Characteristics of the included documents (77 documents produced by 34 research groups/author teams)

Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE)

3 (A1-A3)

2017–2019

2 journal articles, 1 associated thesis

1 (A60)

2019

1 journal article

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)

1 (A4)

2016

1 journal article

–

–

–

Central South University (CSU)

1 (A5)

2020

1 journal article

–

–

–

Cochrane Child Health Field (CHF)

11 (A6–A16)

2010–2015

8 conference presentations, 2 internal documents, 1 journal article

2 (A61–A62)

2011–2013

1 journal article, 1 conference presentation

Cochrane Chile (CChile)

1 (A17)

2019

1 conference presentation

1 (A17)

2019

1 conference presentation

Cochrane Comparing Multiple Interventions Methods Group (CMIMG)

19^a (A6, A13, A14, A18-A36)

2008–2019

8 conference presentations, 6 internal documents, 2 websites, 1 handbook chapter, 1 journal article, 1 interview transcript

–

–

–

Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (CCRG)

–

–

–

1 (A63)

2009

1 journal article

Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care Group (EPOC)

1 (A37)

2011

1 conference presentation

3 (A64–A66)

2011–2019

3 conference presentations

Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group (CM)

–

–

–

1 (A67)

2011

1 conference presentation

Cochrane Public Health Group (CPHG)

1 (A38)

2014

1 journal article

–

–

–

Cochrane Stroke Group (CSG)

–

–

–

1 (A68)

2015

1 conference presentation

Duke University (DukeU)

1 (A39)

2012

1 journal article

–

–

–

Dutch Cochrane Centre (DCC)

–

–

–

1 (A69)

2009

1 conference presentation

Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI)

2 (A40–A41)

2015

1 journal article, 1 conference presentation

–

–

–

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU)

1 (A42)

2019

1 journal article

2 (A70–A71)

2016–2017

2 journal articles

Harvard University and the Cyprus University of Technology (HarvU)

1 (A43)

2019

1 journal article

–

–

–

Joanna Briggs Institute Umbrella Reviews Methodology Group (JBI)

3 (A44–A46)

2013-2017

1 journal article, 1 internal document, 1 book chapter

–

–

–

King’s College London (KCL)

1 (A47)

2018

1 journal article

1 (A47)

2018

1 journal article

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment (LBI)

–

–

–

1 (A72)

2015

1 journal article

Northeast Institute of Evidence Synthesis and Translation at Rutgers School of Nursing (NEST)

1 (A48)

2016

1 book chapter

–

–

–

Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services (NOKC)

1 (A49)

2013

1 book chapter

–

–

–

Pontifical Xavierian University (PXU)

–

–

–

1 (A73)

2011

1 conference presentation

Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide (RRI)

–

–

–

1 (A74)

2016

1 conference presentation

Sapienza University of Rome (SUR)

1 (A50)

2016

1 book section

–

–

–

Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

1 (A51)

2011

1 journal article

–

–

–

University of Auckland (UAuck)

–

–

–

1 (A75)

2019

1 conference presentation

University of Birmingham (UBirm)

1 (A52)

2012

1 journal article

–

–

–

University of Calgary (UCalg)

–

–

–

1 (A76)

2017

1 case report

University of Connecticut (UConn)

2 (A53–54)

2019

2 journal articles

–

–

–

University of Cyprus (UCyp)

1 (A55)

2020

1 journal article

–

–

–

University of Dundee (UDun)

–

–

–

1 (A77)

2004

1 journal article

University of Oxford (UOx)

1 (A56)

2017

1 journal article

–

–

–

Western Journal of Nursing Research (WJNR)

1 (A57)

2014

1 editorial

–

–

–

Witten/Herdecke University (WHU)

2 (A58–59)

2014

2 journal articles

–

–

–