Emory & Henry College School of Health Sciences, Marion, VA, United States of America.
Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2021 Sep 1;16(9):e0256833. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256833. eCollection 2021.
To determine whether librarian or information specialist authorship is associated with better reproducibility of the search, at least three databases searched, and better reporting quality in dental systematic reviews (SRs).
SRs from the top ten dental research journals (as determined by Journal Citation Reports and Scimago) were reviewed for search quality and reproducibility by independent reviewers using two Qualtrics survey instruments. Data was reviewed for all SRs based on reproducibility and librarian participation and further reviewed for search quality of reproducible searches.
Librarians were co-authors in only 2.5% of the 913 included SRs and librarians were mentioned or acknowledged in only 9% of included SRs. Librarian coauthors were associated with more reproducible searches, higher search quality, and at least three databases searched. Although the results indicate librarians are associated with improved SR quality, due to the small number of SRs that included a librarian, results were not statistically significant.
Despite guidance from organizations that produce SR guidelines recommending the inclusion of a librarian or information specialist on the review team, and despite evidence showing that librarians improve the reproducibility of searches and the reporting of methodology in SRs, librarians are not being included in SRs in the field of dental medicine. The authors of this review recommend the inclusion of a librarian on SR teams in dental medicine and other fields.
确定图书馆员或信息专家的作者身份是否与以下方面相关：至少检索三个数据库，可提高检索的再现性，以及改善牙科系统评价（SR）的报告质量。
通过两个 Qualtrics 调查工具，由独立评审员对来自十大牙科研究期刊（由期刊引文报告和 Scimago 确定）的 SR 的检索质量和再现性进行回顾。根据再现性和图书馆员参与情况对所有 SR 进行数据审查，并进一步审查可再现检索的检索质量。
在 913 篇纳入的 SR 中，仅有 2.5%的 SR 中有图书馆员作为共同作者，仅有 9%的纳入 SR 中提到或承认了图书馆员。图书馆员共同作者与更可再现的检索、更高的检索质量和至少检索三个数据库相关。尽管结果表明图书馆员与提高 SR 质量相关，但由于纳入图书馆员的 SR 数量较少，因此结果没有统计学意义。
尽管有组织发布的 SR 指南建议在审查团队中纳入图书馆员或信息专家，但尽管有证据表明图书馆员可提高检索的再现性和 SR 中方法报告的质量，但在牙科医学领域，图书馆员并未被纳入 SR。本文的作者建议在牙科医学和其他领域的 SR 团队中纳入图书馆员。
