7.2(top 1%)
Impact Factor
7.9(top 1%)
extended IF
61(top 7%)
H-Index
539
authors
503
papers
21.6K
citations
3.3K
citing journals
18.3K
citing authors

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Outlier and influence diagnostics for meta-analysis2010800
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Basics of meta-analysis: I is not an absolute measure of heterogeneity2017652
Consistency and inconsistency in network meta-analysis: model estimation using multivariate meta-regression2012592
Methods to estimate the between-study variance and its uncertainty in meta-analysis2016494
Risk-of-bias VISualization (robvis): An R package and Shiny web app for visualizing risk-of-bias assessments2021440
Automating network meta-analysis2012366
Introduction, comparison, and validation of Meta-Essentials: A free and simple tool for meta-analysis2017324
Network meta-analysis, electrical networks and graph theory2012304
Searching for grey literature for systematic reviews: challenges and benefits2014296
Meta-regression approximations to reduce publication selection bias2014292
Robust variance estimation with dependent effect sizes: practical considerations including a software tutorial in Stata and spss2014277
Which academic search systems are suitable for systematic reviews or meta-analyses? Evaluating retrieval qualities of Google Scholar, PubMed, and 26 other resources2020239
Using logic models to capture complexity in systematic reviews2011232
Power analysis for random-effects meta-analysis2017227
Using network meta-analysis to evaluate the existence of small-study effects in a network of interventions2012221
Fixed effects and variance components estimation in three-level meta-analysis2011218
A comparison of heterogeneity variance estimators in simulated random-effects meta-analyses2019207
Automated generation of node-splitting models for assessment of inconsistency in network meta-analysis2016189
A standardized mean difference effect size for single case designs2012171
Get real in individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis: a review of the methodology2015170