Bastian twin-beasts-2015
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The document discusses the challenges of information overload and reviewer workload in systematic reviews. It notes that the number of trials and systematic reviews published per day has increased dramatically since 1979, from 14 trials per day to 130 trials per day and from 52 systematic reviews per day. Potential solutions proposed include providing more support for methodology research, improving retrievability and linkages between trials and reviews, addressing language barriers, and minimizing bias and optimizing use of reviews. The document also calls for more machine-friendly reporting standards to help with data mining and re-use of research.
Bastian twin-beasts-2015
- 1. Tackling the Twin Beasts of Information Overload and Reviewer Workload Hilda Bastian Cochrane Colloquium Vienna 5 October 2015 @hildabast hildabastian.net
- 2. Views expressed in this presentation are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of: • National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) • National Library of Medicine (NLM) • National Institutes of Health (NIH) • US Department of Health and Human Services
- 5. 1979: 14 trials a day • Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews by the numbers (Cochrane.org) • Moher et al (2007). Epidemiology & reporting characteristics of systematic reviews. PLOS Medicine. • 2014 update of Moher (2007) by Page et al, Cochrane Vienna ID RO 4.6 Data updated from 2007 to 2013
- 6. 130 trials a day
- 7. 52 systematic reviews a day
- 11. • More support needed for methodology research • Better retrievability & linkages of trials & systematic reviews • Language barrier in systematic reviewing
- 12. • Minimize bias in knowledge translation & dissemination • Optimize peer-to-peer use of systematic reviews • User-friendliness
- 13. We need machine-friendly researchers & agencies • True open access is also for data mining & re-use • Reporting requirements could be more specific
- 15. Danke schön!