Epidemiology, quality, and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of nursing interventions published in Chinese journals

Zhang, Juxia; Wang, Jiancheng; Han, Lin; Zhang, Fengwa; Cao, Jianxun; Ma, Yanhui

doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.020

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“…The ‘obsession’ with articles attracting abundant citations may be also the trigger of the current unprecedented proliferation of systematic reviews (14), most of which are of low quality and even harmful for the scientific evidence accumulation (151617). …”

Section: Misusesmentioning

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The Journal Impact Factor: Moving Toward an Alternative and Combined Scientometric Approach

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The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a single citation metric, which is widely employed for ranking journals and choosing target journals, but is also misused as the proxy of the quality of individual articles and academic achievements of authors. This article analyzes Scopus-based publication activity on the JIF and overviews some of the numerous misuses of the JIF, global initiatives to overcome the ‘obsession’ with impact factors, and emerging strategies to revise the concept of the scholarly impact. The growing number of articles on the JIF, most of which are in English, reflects interest of experts in journal editing and scientometrics toward its uses, misuses, and options to overcome related problems. Solely displaying values of the JIFs on the journal websites is criticized by experts as these average metrics do not reflect skewness of citation distribution of individual articles. Emerging strategies suggest to complement the JIFs with citation plots and alternative metrics, reflecting uses of individual articles in terms of downloads and distribution of related information through social media and networking platforms. It is also proposed to revise the original formula of the JIF calculation and embrace the concept of the impact and importance of individual articles. The latter is largely dependent on ethical soundness of the journal instructions, proper editing and structuring of articles, efforts to promote related information through social media, and endorsements of professional societies.

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“…In China, there has been recent emphasis and significant projects on developing specialties in nursing (Zhang et al, 2014). However, there are few studies that examine the knowledge of Chinese nurses related to rehabilitation concepts.…”

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“…A few studies have been published in Chinese journals that are written in Chinese and not available in English. It should be noted that differences in the research methodologies and rigor of research appearing in Chinese nursing journals have suggested that the quality of metaanalyses and systematics reviews is lacking and results are sometimes misleading (Zhang et al, 2014). The pilot project discussed in this article provides some baseline information about rehabilitation nursing knowledge and educational needs in China.…”

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Educating Chinese Nurses About Rehabilitation Nursing: Findings From a Single Cohort Quantitative Pilot Project

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“…, Zhang et al . ). Because analysis of effect sizes is the purpose of meta‐analysis, meta‐analysts typically reported effect‐size information for each study included in their review.…”

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A descriptive study of effect‐size reporting in research reviews

Floyd

2017

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Epidemiology, quality, and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of nursing interventions published in Chinese journals

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

The Journal Impact Factor: Moving Toward an Alternative and Combined Scientometric Approach

The Journal Impact Factor: Moving Toward an Alternative and Combined Scientometric Approach

Educating Chinese Nurses About Rehabilitation Nursing: Findings From a Single Cohort Quantitative Pilot Project

A descriptive study of effect‐size reporting in research reviews

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