What can the citations of systematic reviews of ethical literature tell us about their use?—an explorative empirical analysis of 31 reviews

Table 1 Inclusion/exclusion criteria: two-step selection of the citing publications

1st step selection: Inclusion criteria	Publication	All document types, provided they are published
	Language	Documents written in English or German only
	Access	Documents accessible online (open or through institutional credentials)
2nd step selection: Exclusion criteria	SREL citation	No reference of the SREL of interest in the reference list
	SREL citation	No citation of the SREL in the text
	Duplicates

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