The PRISMA-IPD checklist has 31 items. See each one applied to a real open-access IPD meta-analysis, with section pointers, judgement calls and a free workflow.
PRISMA-NMA Checklist: 32 Items With a Worked Example
The PRISMA-NMA checklist is the reporting standard that journals expect when a systematic review includes a network meta-analysis. Hutton and colleagues published it in 2015 as an extension to the original PRISMA statement, and it runs to 32 items [1]. Twenty-seven of them are the familiar PRISMA items with wording adapted to networks of treatments, and five are new items about the geometry of the…
PRISMA-DTA Checklist: All 27 Items Applied to a Real Open-Access DTA Review
Apply the PRISMA-DTA checklist item by item to a real open-access DTA review. See all 27 items, where each answer sits, and the gaps to fix before submission.
AMSTAR 2: How to Use the 16 Items, 7 Critical Domains and Confidence Ratings
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Common Mistakes in Meta-Analysis and How to Avoid Them: A Guide for Busy Researchers
Meta-analysis mistakes are the quiet reason many pooled analyses get desk-rejected or, worse, published and later contradicted. A meta-analysis promises the highest tier of evidence, yet the same technical slips appear again and again across specialties, from a fixed-effect model forced onto heterogeneous trials to a funnel plot read like a horoscope. This guide walks through the twelve errors we see most often at Editverse…