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Table 2 Items provided from the literature review

From: Preliminary guideline for reporting bibliometric reviews of the biomedical literature (BIBLIO): a minimum requirements

 

Item

Title

Identification

Issues/topics/coverage of time period

Abstract

Structured summary

Introduction/background

Justification/rationale/explanation

Objectives

Methods

Search engines (data sources)

Search strategy

Time period

Eligibility criteria

Data refinement (data selection procedure)

Quality assessment

Data synthesis

Results

Descriptive findings (statistics)

Schematic map and trend

Presentation approach

Synthesis of findings

Discussion

Summary of evidence

Interpretation

Strengths and limitations

Conclusion(s)