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Table 3 Search performance metrics for each of the complementary approaches compared to the reference standard approach

From: LOCATE: a prospective evaluation of the value of Leveraging Ongoing Citation Acquisition Techniques for living Evidence syntheses

Search approach

Proportion missed (%)

Precision (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Number needed to read

Automated Full Search

0

0.49

100

204

Similar Articles (PubMed)

75

0.22

25

455

Cited References (Scopus)

75

0.41

25

244

Reference standard (full search update at 1 year)

Not applicable

0.79

Not applicable

127