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1 When and how should multiple imputation be used for handling… (10.1186/s12874-017-0442-1)
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2 A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping rev… (10.1186/s12874-016-0116-4)
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242.66 1719
3 Time-dependent ROC curve analysis in medical research: curre… (10.1186/s12874-017-0332-6)
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4 Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from the s… (10.1186/1471-2288-14-135)
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5 Double-adjustment in propensity score matching analysis: cho… (10.1186/s12874-017-0338-0)
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198.99 449
6 Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman approach and its modification fo… (10.1186/s12874-015-0091-1)
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192.53 368
7 Using the modified Delphi method to establish clinical conse… (10.1186/s12874-016-0165-8)
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192.08 363
8 Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research i… (10.1186/1471-2288-8-45)
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191.67 6813
9 Dealing with missing standard deviation and mean values in m… (10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0)
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190.99 351
10 The use of purposeful sampling in a qualitative evidence syn… (10.1186/s12874-016-0114-6)
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181.87 265
11 Psychometric analysis of the brief symptom inventory 18 (BSI… (10.1186/s12874-016-0283-3)
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178.65 240
12 SYRCLE’s risk of bias tool for animal studies (10.1186/1471-2288-14-43)
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177.66 3574
13 Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the meth… (10.1186/1471-2288-7-10)
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175.71 3266
14 Alternatives for logistic regression in cross-sectional stud… (10.1186/1471-2288-3-21)
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174.72 3121
15 Minimal important differences for fatigue patient reported o… (10.1186/s12874-016-0167-6)
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173.38 204
16 Validity and reliability of a performance evaluation tool ba… (10.1186/s12874-017-0409-2)
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172.41 198
17 The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment… (10.1186/1471-2288-3-25)
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172.36 2799
18 Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualita… (10.1186/1471-2288-12-181)
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172.17 2775
19 Dose-response meta-analysis of differences in means (10.1186/s12874-016-0189-0)
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168.04 173
20 Frequency of data extraction errors and methods to increase… (10.1186/s12874-017-0431-4)
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168.04 173
21 Enhanced secondary analysis of survival data: reconstructing… (10.1186/1471-2288-12-9)
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166.55 2142
22 Newcastle-Ottawa Scale: comparing reviewers’ to authors’ ass… (10.1186/1471-2288-14-45)
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166.17 2105
23 Outcome-sensitive multiple imputation: a simulation study (10.1186/s12874-016-0281-5)
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165.51 160
24 The Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman method for random effects me… (10.1186/1471-2288-14-25)
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163.10 1827
25 The case study approach (10.1186/1471-2288-11-100)
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162.14 1748
26 Meta-DiSc: a software for meta-analysis of test accuracy dat… (10.1186/1471-2288-6-31)
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160.26 1603
27 Qualitative description – the poor cousin of health research… (10.1186/1471-2288-9-52)
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28 Clarifying the distinction between case series and cohort st… (10.1186/s12874-017-0391-8)
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159.04 131
29 Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literatu… (10.1186/1471-2288-6-35)
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158.86 1503
30 Enhancing the scoping study methodology: a large, inter-prof… (10.1186/1471-2288-13-48)
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158.67 1490
31 Methods for the synthesis of qualitative research: a critica… (10.1186/1471-2288-9-59)
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158.64 1488
32 The COSMIN checklist for evaluating the methodological quali… (10.1186/1471-2288-10-22)
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158.32 1466
33 An accurate test for homogeneity of odds ratios based on Coc… (10.1186/s12874-015-0034-x)
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158.29 128
34 Ranking treatments in frequentist network meta-analysis work… (10.1186/s12874-015-0060-8)
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157.93 1440
35 Reducing bias through directed acyclic graphs (10.1186/1471-2288-8-70)
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153.63 1181
36 Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategie… (10.1186/1471-2288-14-42)
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153.61 1180
37 Adapting the nominal group technique for priority setting of… (10.1186/s12874-016-0210-7)
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152.81 108
38 A mega-ethnography of eleven qualitative evidence syntheses… (10.1186/s12874-017-0392-7)
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152.81 108
39 Do multiple outcome measures require p-value adjustment? (10.1186/1471-2288-2-8)
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40 The heterogeneity statistic I2 can be biased in small meta-a… (10.1186/s12874-015-0024-z)
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41 The predictive value of ICD-10 diagnostic coding used to ass… (10.1186/1471-2288-11-83)
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150.73 1033
42 Trial Sequential Analysis in systematic reviews with meta-an… (10.1186/s12874-017-0315-7)
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43 Undue reliance on I 2 in assessing heterogeneity may mislead (10.1186/1471-2288-8-79)
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44 Limitations of pulmonary embolism ICD-10 codes in emergency… (10.1186/s12874-017-0361-1)
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149.34 97
45 Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic… (10.1186/1471-2288-11-15)
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148.59 936
46 What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed… (10.1186/s12874-017-0468-4)
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148.21 920
47 The validity of socioeconomic status measures among adolesce… (10.1186/s12874-016-0148-9)
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147.98 93
48 Protecting patient privacy when sharing patient-level data f… (10.1186/s12874-016-0169-4)
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147.98 93
49 Methods for significance testing of categorical covariates i… (10.1186/s12874-017-0404-7)
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147.98 93
50 Meta-analyses including non-randomized studies of therapeuti… (10.1186/s12874-016-0136-0)
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147.28 91