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Table 4 Number of articles screened and retrieved in Study 2

From: Novel citation-based search method for scientific literature: application to meta-analyses

 

Original meta-analysis

 

Indirect citations (search 1)

Indirect and direct citations (search 1 + 2)

 

Articles screened

Studies included

Citing articles

Articles screened

Studies retrieved

Articles screened

Studies retrieved

Mehrabi [35]

4,148

29

170

1,113

(27)

29

(100)

1,383

(33)

29

(100)

Pathak [36]

543

6

1,437

584

(108)

6

(100)

886

(163)

6

(100)

Viswanathan [37]

2,749

6

74

627

(23)

6

(100)

689

(25)

6

(100)

Vrablik [38]

7,771

3

28

68

(1)

3

(100)

81

(1)

3

(100)

vanWely [39]

894

18

106

444

(50)

18

(100)

615

(69)

18

(100)

Schuit [40]

39

13

171

1,221

(3,131)

12

(92)

1,385

(3,551)

13

(100)

Deng [41]

362

9

928

533

(147)

8

(89)

1,726

(477)

9

(100)

Nwachuku [42]

464

15

62

404

(87)

13

(87)

502

(108)

15

(100)

Gu [43]

764

19

104

719

(94)

16

(84)

908

(119)

19

(100)

SanLorenzo [44]

3,529

19

67

296

(08)

15

(79)

468

(13)

19

(100)

Al-Wassia [45]

166

7

8

32

(19)

4

(57)

52

(31)

7

(100)

Elshaer [46]

750

30

35

210

(28)

21

(70)

235

(31)

29

(97)

Mumme [47]

701

21

55

271

(39)

19

(90)

468

(67)

20

(95)

Hazlewood [48]

1,463

35

897

861

(59)

28

(80)

3,162

(216)

33

(94)

Sheyin [49]

221

17

40

180

(81)

16

(94)

392

(177)

16

(94)

Yuan [50]

7,175

14

51

490

(7)

10

(71)

596

(8)

13

(93)

Elmariah [51]

1,934

14

3,870

599

(31)

5

(36)

836

(43)

13

(93)

Cheelo [52]

1,192

11

112

919

(77)

9

(82)

1,017

(85)

10

(91)

Gu [53]

326

18

14

59

(18)

13

(72)

233

(71)

16

(89)

Saleh [54]

1,480

14

49

964

(65)

12

(86)

1,055

(71)

12

(86)

Emdin [55]

10,598

45

3,223

395

(4)

26

(58)

6,116

(58)

36

(80)

Sayegh [56]

594

22

69

529

(89)

14

(64)

759

(128)

17

(77)

Kamper [57]

6,189

41

96

857

(14)

28

(68)

1,227

(20)

31

(76)

Taioli [58]

98

24

85

441

(450)

16

(67)

595

(607)

18

(75)

Sharpe [59]

3,875

7

92

886

(23)

5

(71)

911

(24)

5

(71)

Zhang [60]

468

7

221

140

(30)

5

(71)

198

(42)

5

(71)

Siddiqui [61]

3,119

13

129

824

(26)

8

(62)

1,002

(32)

9

(69)

Mair-Jenkins [24]

1,449

32

75

971

(67)

22

(69)

1,086

(75)

22

(69)

Bonitsis [62]

795

52

117

937

(118)

30

(58)

1,489

(187)

34

(65)

Williams [23]

1,976

19

21

95

(5)

10

(53)

186

(9)

12

(63)

Souto [63]

4,527

23

580

913

(20)

12

(52)

1,372

(30)

14

(61)

Zhen [64]

742

25

59

215

(29)

13

(52)

290

(39)

15

(60)

Shan [65]

243

19

60

289

(119)

9

(47)

344

(142)

11

(58)

Marcuzzi [66]

5,009

15

85

739

(15)

7

(47)

851

(17)

8

(53)

Lipinski [67]

824

17

420

531

(64)

6

(35)

610

(74)

9

(53)

Stevens [68]

400

6

62

536

(134)

3

(50)

551

(138)

3

(50)

Bernstein [69]

1,837

53

98

376

(20)

19

(36)

505

(27)

22

(42)

Avni [20]

5,365

103

104

698

(13)

29

(28)

1,259

(23)

39

(38)

Kumar [21]

573

16

101

926

(162)

5

(31)

1,013

(177)

5

(31)

Fazeli [22]

1,195

5

4

7

(1)

1

(20)

7

(1)

1

(20)

Brydges [19]

11,628

33

63

347

(03)

4

(12)

391

(3)

6

(18)

McNally [18]

2,453

88

45

374

(15)

6

(7)

399

(16)

9

(10)

Median

1,194

18 

85

530

(29)

 12

(69)

652

(50)

13

(79)

Mean

2,396

23 

336

539

(58)a

 13

(65)

901

(90)a

15

(75)

  1. Values in parentheses are the number of articles screened or studies retrieved as percentages of the numbers in the original meta-analyses. aCalculated after removing outlier [40]