Psychological Bulletin Literature Search Strategy
Designs exhaustive, reproducible, and PRISMA-compliant literature search strategies for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Psychological Bulletin Literature Search Strategy provides rigorous guidance for designing, executing, and documenting systematic literature searches for high-impact academic reviews and meta-analyses. It enforces PRISMA and PRISMA-S reporting standards across major academic databases (such as PsycINFO, PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Scopus), incorporates comprehensive grey literature and citation chasing strategies to mitigate publication bias, and structures end-to-end PRISMA flow diagrams to ensure full scientific reproducibility for peer review.
主な機能
01Multi-database search string formulation combining controlled thesaurus terms (APA Thesaurus, MeSH) and free-text synonyms
02Publication bias mitigation via grey literature sourcing including preprints, dissertations, and direct author outreach
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04PRISMA-S compliant documentation tracking per-source search strings, platforms, search dates, and record hit counts
05End-to-end PRISMA flow reconciliation from raw database exports to finalized included study counts
06Forward and backward citation chasing workflows to systematically capture missed anchor studies
ユースケース
01Designing an exhaustive, reproducible literature search protocol before beginning study screening
02Addressing peer-reviewer inquiries regarding literature exhaustiveness, database coverage, or PRISMA compliance
03Updating database search queries and reconciling PRISMA flow diagram counts prior to journal resubmission