Current reading list (November 2024)
We have been keeping an eye on the methods literature, and think people with an interest in the Bias Methods Group may be interested in the following articles published recently:
Boesen K, Gøtzsche PC, Ioannidis JPA. Requesting conflicts of interest declarations from the European Medicines Agency: 3-year follow-up status. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2024;33:e17.
Brown JP, Hunnicutt JN, Ali MS, Bhaskaran K, Cole A, Langan SM, et al. Quantifying possible bias in clinical and epidemiological studies with quantitative bias analysis: common approaches and limitations. BMJ. 2024;385:e076365.
Davidson M, Evrenoglou T, Graña C, Chaimani A, Boutron I. Comparison of effect estimates between preprints and peer-reviewed journal articles of COVID-19 trials. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024;24:9.
Gallo RJ, Savage T, Chen JH. Affiliation Bias in Peer Review of Abstracts. JAMA. 2024;331:1234-5.
Higgins JPT, Morgan RL, Rooney AA, Taylor KW, Thayer KA, Silva RA, et al. A tool to assess risk of bias in non-randomized follow-up studies of exposure effects (ROBINS-E). Environ Int. 2024;186:108602.
Kanukula R, McKenzie JE, Bero L, Dai Z, McDonald S, Kroeger CM, et al. Investigation of bias due to selective inclusion of study effect estimates in meta-analyses of nutrition research. Res Synth Methods. 2024;15:524-42.
Kanukula R, McKenzie JE, Cashin AG, Korevaar E, McDonald S, Mello AT, et al. Variation observed in consensus judgments between pairs of reviewers when assessing the risk of bias due to missing evidence in a sample of published meta-analyses of nutrition research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024;166:111244.
Kelly SE, Brooks SPJ, Benkhedda K, MacFarlane AJ, Greene-Finestone LS, Skidmore B, et al. A scoping review shows that no single existing risk of bias assessment tool considers all sources of bias for cross-sectional studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024;172:111408.
Long Y, Zheng Y, Wang X, Guo Q, Zhang N, Deng Y, et al. The reporting quality of meta-epidemiological studies needs substantial improvement: a research on research study. Syst Rev. 2024;13:244.
Lunny C, Veroniki AA, Higgins JPT, Dias S, Hutton B, Wright JM, et al. Methodological review of NMA bias concepts provides groundwork for the development of a list of concepts for potential inclusion in a new risk of bias tool for network meta-analysis (RoB NMA Tool). Syst Rev. 2024;13:25.
Mohammadian F, Bastaninejad S, Irani S. Publication bias in otorhinolaryngology meta-analyses in 2021. Syst Rev. 2024;13:11.
Overgaard SH, Moos CM, Ioannidis JPA, Luta G, Berg JI, Nielsen SM, et al. Impact of trial attrition rates on treatment effect estimates in chronic inflammatory diseases: A meta-epidemiological study. Res Synth Methods. 2024;15:561-75.
Sandau N, Aagaard TV, Hróbjartsson A, Harris IA, Brorson S. Transitivity, coherence, and reliability of network meta-analyses comparing proximal humerus fracture treatments: a meta-epidemiological study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2024;25:14.
Tunn R, Boutron I, Chan AW, Collins GS, Hróbjartsson A, Moher D, et al. Methods used to develop the SPIRIT 2024 and CONSORT 2024 Statements. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024;169:111309.
Whiting P, Wolff R, Savović J, Devine B, Mallett S. Introducing the LATITUDES network: a library of assessment tools and training to improve transparency, utility and dissemination in evidence synthesis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024;174:111486.
Wilkinson J, Heal C, Antoniou GA, Flemyng E, Avenell A, Barbour V, et al. A survey of experts to identify methods to detect problematic studies: stage 1 of the INveStigating ProblEmatic Clinical Trials in Systematic Reviews project. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024;175:111512.
Former reading lists
The December 2023 reading list can be found here.
The January 2023 reading list can be found here.
The November 2022 reading list can be found here.
The December 2021 reading list can be found here.
The March 2021 reading list can be found here.
The July 2020 reading list can be found here.
The December 2019 reading list can be found here.
The March 2019 reading list can be found here.
The August 2018 reading list can be found here.
The February 2018 reading list can be found here.