Open synthesis and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020

Neal R. Haddaway; Elie A. Akl; Matthew J. Page; Vivian A. Welch; Ciara Keenan; Tamara Lotfi

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.032

Open synthesis and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020

Neal R. Haddaway, Elie A. Akl, Matthew J. Page, Vivian A. Welch, Ciara Keenan, Tamara Lotfi

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Abstract

Highlights
•Open Science principles are vital for ensuring reproducibility, trust, and legacy.
•Evidence synthesis is a vital means of summarizing research for decision-making.
•Open Synthesis is the application of Open Science principles to evidence synthesis.
•Open approaches to planning, conducting, and reporting synthesis have many benefits.
•We call on the evidence synthesis community to embrace Open Synthesis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	184-191
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	126
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.032
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020

Keywords

Collaborative research
Evidence ecosystem
Repeatability
Research waste
Traceability
Transparency

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