Exploring the methodological quality and risk of bias in 200 systematic reviews: A comparative study of ROBIS and AMSTAR-2 tools.

Lunny C, Jain N, Nazari T, Kosaner-Kließ M, Santos L, Goodman I, Osman AAM, Berrone S, Dadam MN, Brenna CTA, Hussein H, Dahdal G, Cespedes A D, Ferri N, Kanji S, Chi Y, Pieper D, Shea B, Parker A, Neupane D, Khan PA, Rangira D, Kolaski K, Ridley B, Berour A, Sun K, Hamidi Rad R, Ouyang Z, Reid EK, Pérez-Neri I, Barakat SO, Bargeri S, Gianola S, Castellini G, Whitelaw S, Stevens A, Kolekar SB, Wong K, Major P, Bagheri E, Tricco AC

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DOI: 10.1017/rsm.2025.10032
Published: 2026 Jan
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@article{allodium:10.1017/rsm.2025.10032,
  title = {Exploring the methodological quality and risk of bias in 200 systematic reviews: A comparative study of ROBIS and AMSTAR-2 tools.},
  author = {Lunny C and Jain N and Nazari T and Kosaner-Kließ M and Santos L and Goodman I and Osman AAM and Berrone S and Dadam MN and Brenna CTA and Hussein H and Dahdal G and Cespedes A D and Ferri N and Kanji S and Chi Y and Pieper D and Shea B and Parker A and Neupane D and Khan PA and Rangira D and Kolaski K and Ridley B and Berour A and Sun K and Hamidi Rad R and Ouyang Z and Reid EK and Pérez-Neri I and Barakat SO and Bargeri S and Gianola S and Castellini G and Whitelaw S and Stevens A and Kolekar SB and Wong K and Major P and Bagheri E and Tricco AC},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Research synthesis methods},
  doi = {10.1017/rsm.2025.10032},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2025.10032}
}

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TI  - Exploring the methodological quality and risk of bias in 200 systematic reviews: A comparative study of ROBIS and AMSTAR-2 tools.
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AU  - Jain N
AU  - Nazari T
AU  - Kosaner-Kließ M
AU  - Santos L
AU  - Goodman I
AU  - Osman AAM
AU  - Berrone S
AU  - Dadam MN
AU  - Brenna CTA
AU  - Hussein H
AU  - Dahdal G
AU  - Cespedes A D
AU  - Ferri N
AU  - Kanji S
AU  - Chi Y
AU  - Pieper D
AU  - Shea B
AU  - Parker A
AU  - Neupane D
AU  - Khan PA
AU  - Rangira D
AU  - Kolaski K
AU  - Ridley B
AU  - Berour A
AU  - Sun K
AU  - Hamidi Rad R
AU  - Ouyang Z
AU  - Reid EK
AU  - Pérez-Neri I
AU  - Barakat SO
AU  - Bargeri S
AU  - Gianola S
AU  - Castellini G
AU  - Whitelaw S
AU  - Stevens A
AU  - Kolekar SB
AU  - Wong K
AU  - Major P
AU  - Bagheri E
AU  - Tricco AC
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C, L., N, J., T, N., M, K., L, S., I, G., AAM, O., S, B., MN, D., CTA, B., H, H., G, D., D, C. A., N, F., S, K., Y, C., D, P., B, S., A, P., D, N., PA, K., D, R., K, K., B, R., A, B., K, S., R, H. R., Z, O., EK, R., I, P., SO, B., S, B., S, G., G, C., S, W., A, S., SB, K., K, W., P, M., E, B., & AC, T. (2026). Exploring the methodological quality and risk of bias in 200 systematic reviews: A comparative study of ROBIS and AMSTAR-2 tools.. Research synthesis methods. https://doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2025.10032

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