| A systematic review shows no performance benefit of machine learning over logistic regression for clinical prediction models |
131 |
| GRADE guidelines: 18. How ROBINS-I and other tools to assess risk of bias in nonrandomized studies should be used to rate the certainty of a body of evidence |
58 |
| Association between prospective registration and overall reporting and methodological quality of systematic reviews: a meta-epidemiological study |
54 |
| Advances in the GRADE approach to rate the certainty in estimates from a network meta-analysis |
52 |
| The proportion of missing data should not be used to guide decisions on multiple imputation |
42 |
| A taxonomy has been developed for outcomes in medical research to help improve knowledge discovery |
38 |
| Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 3: methods for assessing methodological limitations, data extraction and synthesis, and confidence in synthesized qualitative findings |
38 |
| Reporting of declarations and conflicts of interest in WHO guidelines can be further improved |
32 |
| Minimum clinically important differences in chronic pain vary considerably by baseline pain and methodological factors: systematic review of empirical studies |
29 |
| Registration in the international prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO) of systematic review protocols was associated with increased review quality |
26 |
| Improving the content validity of the mixed methods appraisal tool: a modified e-Delphi study |
26 |
| Preferred reporting items for overviews of systematic reviews including harms checklist: a pilot tool to be used for balanced reporting of benefits and harms |
23 |
| The methodological quality of robotic surgical meta-analyses needed to be improved: a cross-sectional study |
20 |
| GRADE Guidelines: 19. Assessing the certainty of evidence in the importance of outcomes or values and preferences-Risk of bias and indirectness |
19 |
| Scoping review identifies significant number of knowledge translation theories, models, and frameworks with limited use |
18 |
| Higher number of items associated with significantly lower response rates in COS Delphi surveys |
18 |
| Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 5: methods for integrating qualitative and implementation evidence within intervention effectiveness reviews |
18 |
| GRADE guidelines: 20. Assessing the certainty of evidence in the importance of outcomes or values and preferences-inconsistency, imprecision, and other domains |
18 |
| Development of the summary of findings table for network meta-analysis |
18 |
| Three risk of bias tools lead to opposite conclusions in observational research synthesis |
17 |
| GRADE guidelines: 22. The GRADE approach for tests and strategies-from test accuracy to patient-important outcomes and recommendations |
17 |
| Recommendations for assessing the risk of bias in systematic reviews of health-care interventions |
17 |
| Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 6: reporting guidelines for qualitative, implementation, and process evaluation evidence syntheses |
17 |
| The selection of comparators for randomized controlled trials of health-related behavioral interventions: recommendations of an NIH expert panel |
17 |
| Self-reported medication use validated through record linkage to national prescribing data |
16 |
| Poor performance of clinical prediction models: the harm of commonly applied methods |
16 |
| Measurement error is often neglected in medical literature: a systematic review |
15 |
| Structured methodology review identified seven (RETREAT) criteria for selecting qualitative evidence synthesis approaches |
14 |
| Clinical replicability of rehabilitation interventions in randomized controlled trials reported in main journals is inadequate |
14 |
| Interpretation of epidemiologic studies very often lacked adequate consideration of confounding |
13 |
| The statistical significance of meta-analyses is frequently fragile: definition of a fragility index for meta-analyses |
13 |
| Improvement needed in the network geometry and inconsistency of Cochrane network meta-analyses: a cross-sectional survey |
13 |
| Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 2: methods for question formulation, searching, and protocol development for qualitative evidence synthesis |
13 |
| Models with interactions overestimated heterogeneity of treatment effects and were prone to treatment mistargeting |
12 |
| A psychometric study found AMSTAR 2 to be a valid and moderately reliable appraisal tool |
12 |
| Generalizability of findings from randomized controlled trials is limited in the leading general medical journals |
12 |
| Electronic medical records can be used to emulate target trials of sustained treatment strategies |
12 |
| Minimal clinically important difference of commonly used hip knee foot and ankle-specific questionnaires: a systematic review |
11 |
| Systematic reviews of clinical practice guidelines: a methodological guide |
11 |
| In Cochrane reviews, risk of bias assessments for allocation concealment were frequently not in line with Cochrane's Handbook guidance |
11 |
| Systematic review of current guideline appraisals performed with the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation II instrument-a third of AGREE II users apply a cut-off for guideline quality |
11 |
| GRADE approach to rate the certainty from a network meta-analysis: avoiding spurious judgments of imprecision in sparse networks |
11 |
| A methodological framework for model selection in interrupted time series studies |
10 |
| A data-sharing agreement helps to increase researchers' willingness to share primary data: results from a randomized controlled trial |
10 |
| Kaplan-Meier survival analysis overestimates cumulative incidence of health-related events in competing risk settings: a meta-analysis |
10 |
| Using the STROBE statement: survey findings emphasized the role of journals in enforcing reporting guidelines |
10 |
| A cross-sectional bibliometric study showed suboptimal journal endorsement rates of STROBE and its extensions |
9 |
| Registry-based randomized controlled trials merged the strength of randomized controlled trails and observational studies and give rise to more pragmatic trials |
9 |
| No difference in knowledge obtained from infographic or plain language summary of a Cochrane systematic review: three randomized controlled trials |
9 |
| A scoping review describes methods used to identify, prioritize and display gaps in health research |
9 |