Hi all,
A colleague shared the following question from a graduate student in natural resources with me. My response was that limiting by journal/country of origin would introduce bias, so I wouldn't be comfortable with this and would rely on the Risk of Bias tool to assess quality. But, I wanted to find out if any of you have heard this before or have a different opinion.
"Quick question about systematic reviews. Do you ever acknowledge or account for varying levels of credibility in journals? One person helping work through our articles (round 2!) mentioned that in her lab, they often don't cite work from many Chinese journals, unless they know the researchers in some way. Her work is in genetic engineering and mRNA, so that type of credibility might be more important/tricky in her line of research (as opposed to copper exposure), but I'm really not sure. What are your thoughts, or have you talked about this?"
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Megan Kocher
University of Minnesota |
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