2018
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05414-4
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Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy

Abstract: CONSERVATION Keep cruise ships off remote reef in South Pacific rich in species p.372 PUBLISHING Use ORCID and DOIs more for frictionless communication p.372 HISTORY Maria Mitchell, pioneering astronomer and pithy pedagogue p.370 POLICY Conservation tries a new way to catalogue and synthesize research p.364 Four principles for synthesizing evidence Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible, urge Christl A. Donnelly and colleagues. To improve vacci… Show more

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“…This is supported by the call from nine influentially placed coauthors, including former and current chief scientific advisers to the British government, for information syntheses that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent, and accessible for policy makers,19 a call we consider long overdue 20…”
Section: Where Are We Now?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is supported by the call from nine influentially placed coauthors, including former and current chief scientific advisers to the British government, for information syntheses that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent, and accessible for policy makers,19 a call we consider long overdue 20…”
Section: Where Are We Now?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, decision analysis would be more inclusive, rigorous, and transparent (cf. Donnelly et al, 2018), and would better fulfill the ideals of "evidence-based practice" (e.g., Pullin and Knight, 2003;Sutherland et al, 2004), if it were based on robust methods of evidence synthesis.…”
Section: Multiple-criteria Decision Analysis: What Evidence Is Needed?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[18] Synthesis of evidence A range of types of evidence is synthesised in an accessible way using systematic, rigorous, transparent methods. [28] These syntheses include assessment of confidence in the evidence, using commonly accepted methods such as GRADE [29] and GRADE-CERQual, [22,30] and systematic identification of gaps in the evidence. Syntheses are conducted on platforms that facilitate data sharing across the evidence ecosystem, including through the use of structured terminologies and data.…”
Section: Generation Of Relevant Evidencementioning
confidence: 99%