Supplementary search methods versus bibliographic database searching to identify studies and study reports

Objectives This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (methodology). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effectiveness and resource requirements of supplementary search methods compared with bibliographic database searching for identifying studies and study reports. The supplementary search methods we will consider are: citation searching; contacting study authors; handsearching; regulatory agency sources and clinical study reports; clinical trials registries; web searching.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

• Publication date

  2025-11-12

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD015679PMID 41221906PMCID 12606714
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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