TY - JOUR
T1 - Guidance on terminology, application, and reporting of citation searching
T2 - the TARCiS statement
AU - the TARCiS study group
AU - Hirt, Julian
AU - Nordhausen, Thomas
AU - Fuerst, Thomas
AU - Ewald, Hannah
AU - Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian
AU - Avenell, Alison
AU - Bethel, Alison
AU - Booth, Andrew
AU - Carroll, Christopher
AU - Clark, Justin
AU - Glanville, Julie
AU - Golder, Su
AU - Hausner, Elke
AU - Horsley, Tanya
AU - Kaunelis, David
AU - Kirtley, Shona
AU - Klerings, Irma
AU - Koffel, Jonathan
AU - Levay, Paul
AU - McCain, Kathrine
AU - Metzendorf, Maria Inti
AU - Moher, David
AU - Murphy, Linda
AU - Rethlefsen, Melissa
AU - Riegelman, Amy
AU - Rogers, Morwenna
AU - Sampson, Margaret J.
AU - Schneider, Jodi
AU - Solomons, Terena
AU - Weightman, Alison
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Evidence syntheses adhering to systematic literature searching techniques are a cornerstone of evidence based healthcare. Beyond term based searching in electronic databases, citation searching is a prevalent search technique to identify relevant sources of evidence. However, for decades, citation searching methodology and terminology has not been standardised. An evidence guided, four round Delphi consensus study was conducted with 27 international methodological experts in order to develop the Terminology, Application, and Reporting of Citation Searching (TARCiS) statement. TARCiS comprises 10 specific recommendations, each with a rationale and explanation on when and how to conduct and report citation searching in the context of systematic literature searches. The statement also presents four research priorities, and it is hoped that systematic review teams are encouraged to incorporate TARCiS into standardised workflows.
AB - Evidence syntheses adhering to systematic literature searching techniques are a cornerstone of evidence based healthcare. Beyond term based searching in electronic databases, citation searching is a prevalent search technique to identify relevant sources of evidence. However, for decades, citation searching methodology and terminology has not been standardised. An evidence guided, four round Delphi consensus study was conducted with 27 international methodological experts in order to develop the Terminology, Application, and Reporting of Citation Searching (TARCiS) statement. TARCiS comprises 10 specific recommendations, each with a rationale and explanation on when and how to conduct and report citation searching in the context of systematic literature searches. The statement also presents four research priorities, and it is hoped that systematic review teams are encouraged to incorporate TARCiS into standardised workflows.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85192855764
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85192855764#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1136/bmj-2023-078384
DO - 10.1136/bmj-2023-078384
M3 - Article
C2 - 38724089
AN - SCOPUS:85192855764
SN - 0959-8146
VL - 385
JO - BMJ
JF - BMJ
M1 - e078384
ER -