A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and the peer review process of systematic review protocols published in an open peer review journal from 2012 to 2017.

BMC Med Res Methodol · 2019 · PMC6415341 · PMID 30866832

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Other aspects, such as the number of reviewers/revisions or the time from acceptance to publication, did not follow a clear trend over time in our study, although we found a large increase in the number of reviewers between 2016 and 2017.

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