Citation analysis is also useful to assess the eligibility of biomedical research works for inclusion in Living systematic reviews

5 years ago

Citation analysis is also useful to assess the eligibility of biomedical research works for inclusion in Living systematic reviews

In this research letter, I explain how the analysis of the citation network and of the co-citation network of a given topic and the use of the snowballing techniques can be useful to verify the eligibility of a paper for inclusion in the Living Systematic Review (LSR) of that topic.

Publisher URL: www.sciencedirect.com/science

DOI: S0895435617310739

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