Table 1 Document characteristics
Document characteristics (n = 84) | Count (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Year of publication | 2005–2007 | 6 (7.1%) |
2008–2010 | 16 (19.0%) | |
2011–2013 | 30 (35.7%) | |
2014–2016 | 32 (38.1%) | |
Geographic region | Africa | 4 (4.8%) |
Asia | 4 (4.8%) | |
Australia & New Zealand | 11 (13.1%) | |
Europe | 20 (23.8%) | |
North America | 45 (53.6%) | |
Funding source type | Industry-sponsored | 2 (2.4%) |
Non-sponsored | 3 (3.6%) | |
Not reported | 13 (15.5%) | |
Public-sponsored | 66 (78.6%) | |
Journal discipline | General & Internal Medicine | 4 (4.8%) |
Not applicable (reports) | 6 (7.1%) | |
Medicine, General & Internal | 6 (7.1%) | |
Health Policy & Services | 7 (8.3%) | |
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 14 (16.7%) | |
Other | 21 (25.0%) | |
Health Care Sciences & Services | 26 (31.0%) | |
Knowledge synthesis method | Qualitative review | 1 (1.2%) |
Critical Interpretive Synthesis | 1 (1.2%) | |
Mixed-method review | 1 (1.2%) | |
Health Technology Assessment | 1 (1.2%) | |
Scoping Review & Systematic Review | 1 (1.2%) | |
Horizontal scan | 1 (1.2%) | |
Rapid Realist Review | 2 (2.4%) | |
Overview of Reviews | 3 (3.6%) | |
Realist Review | 5 (6.0%) | |
Rapid Review | 10 (11.9%) | |
Scoping Review | 12 (14.3%) | |
Literature review | 16 (19.0%) | |
Systematic review | 30 (35.7%) | |
Article type | Methodology paper | 3 (3.6%) |
Descriptive paper | 8 (9.5%) | |
Application paper | 73 (86.9%) | |