Class information for:
Level 1: MIXED TREATMENT COMPARISONS//NETWORK META ANALYSIS//RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
9237 1106 34.1 66%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
917 10527 EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE//BULLETIN OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION//PUBLICATION BIAS

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MIXED TREATMENT COMPARISONS Author keyword 46 82% 2% 27
2 NETWORK META ANALYSIS Author keyword 43 44% 7% 75
3 RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS Journal 38 45% 6% 63
4 MIXED TREATMENT COMPARISON Author keyword 29 51% 4% 41
5 SMALL STUDY EFFECTS Author keyword 26 87% 1% 13
6 INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA Author keyword 25 48% 4% 39
7 MULTIVARIATE META ANALYSIS Author keyword 25 66% 2% 23
8 PUBLICATION BIAS Author keyword 17 17% 8% 87
9 CUMULATIVE META ANALYSIS Author keyword 13 58% 1% 15
10 FUNNEL PLOT Author keyword 11 45% 2% 19

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MIXED TREATMENT COMPARISONS 46 82% 2% 27 Search MIXED+TREATMENT+COMPARISONS Search MIXED+TREATMENT+COMPARISONS
2 NETWORK META ANALYSIS 43 44% 7% 75 Search NETWORK+META+ANALYSIS Search NETWORK+META+ANALYSIS
3 MIXED TREATMENT COMPARISON 29 51% 4% 41 Search MIXED+TREATMENT+COMPARISON Search MIXED+TREATMENT+COMPARISON
4 SMALL STUDY EFFECTS 26 87% 1% 13 Search SMALL+STUDY+EFFECTS Search SMALL+STUDY+EFFECTS
5 INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA 25 48% 4% 39 Search INDIVIDUAL+PATIENT+DATA Search INDIVIDUAL+PATIENT+DATA
6 MULTIVARIATE META ANALYSIS 25 66% 2% 23 Search MULTIVARIATE+META+ANALYSIS Search MULTIVARIATE+META+ANALYSIS
7 PUBLICATION BIAS 17 17% 8% 87 Search PUBLICATION+BIAS Search PUBLICATION+BIAS
8 CUMULATIVE META ANALYSIS 13 58% 1% 15 Search CUMULATIVE+META+ANALYSIS Search CUMULATIVE+META+ANALYSIS
9 FUNNEL PLOT 11 45% 2% 19 Search FUNNEL+PLOT Search FUNNEL+PLOT
10 FOREST PLOT 11 60% 1% 12 Search FOREST+PLOT Search FOREST+PLOT

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MIXED TREATMENT COMPARISONS 65 48% 9% 100
2 META REGRESSION 23 23% 8% 90
3 UNDERLYING RISK 19 61% 2% 20
4 RANDOM EFFECTS METAANALYSIS 19 46% 3% 30
5 HETEROGENEITY VARIANCE 17 72% 1% 13
6 COMPETING INTERVENTIONS 16 37% 3% 35
7 MULTIVARIATE METAANALYSIS 13 71% 1% 10
8 FILL METHOD 9 43% 1% 16
9 TREATMENT COMPARISON METAANALYSIS 9 67% 1% 8
10 ISPOR TASK FORCE 9 26% 3% 29

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS 38 45% 6% 63

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic Interventions for Knee Osteoarthritis A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis 2015 9 31 39%
The Quality of Reporting Methods and Results in Network Meta-Analyses: An Overview of Reviews and Suggestions for Improvement 2014 8 16 88%
Review of mixed treatment comparisons in published systematic reviews shows marked increase since 2009 2014 10 13 54%
The Impact of Study Size on Meta-analyses: Examination of Underpowered Studies in Cochrane Reviews 2013 30 21 62%
An Assessment of the Methodological Quality of Published Network Meta-Analyses: A Systematic Review 2015 1 23 74%
Recent developments in meta-analysis 2008 194 212 58%
Assessing key assumptions of network meta-analysis: a review of methods 2013 9 94 88%
Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data The PRISMA-IPD Statement 2015 1 24 46%
Efficacy and Acceptability of Pharmacological Treatments for Depressive Disorders in Primary Care: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 2015 3 30 17%
A multivariate meta-analysis approach for reducing the impact of outcome reporting bias in systematic reviews 2012 17 21 67%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 BIOSTAT GENET EPIDEMIOL 3 14% 1.8% 20
2 EVALUAT INNOVAT NEW TECHNOL 1 50% 0.2% 2
3 HECTA 1 100% 0.2% 2
4 CLIN TRIALS UNIT U 1 40% 0.2% 2
5 HLTH SCI ABORAT 1 40% 0.2% 2
6 3344 1 27% 0.3% 3
7 META INNOVAT STANFORD METRICS 1 21% 0.3% 3
8 CHILDRENS PHYS ACT GRP 1 50% 0.1% 1
9 CLIN DEV COORDINAT 1 50% 0.1% 1
10 CLIN PHARMACOL CLIN TRIALS 1 50% 0.1% 1

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000178460 META ANALYTIC STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING//STANDARDIZED MEAN DIFFERENCE SMD//CULTURALLY SENSITIVE INTERVENTIONS
2 0.0000145660 CONSORT//OTTAWA METHODS//REPORTING QUALITY
3 0.0000127778 PUBLICATION RATE//MEETING ABSTRACTS//PUBLICATION BIAS
4 0.0000100970 LOG BINOMIAL MODEL//LOG BINOMIAL REGRESSION//MANTEL HAENSZEL ESTIMATOR
5 0.0000097910 COCHRANE IZOPHRENIA GRP//WARM SUPPLEMENTING KIDNEY YANG//SURG DEV SCI
6 0.0000082290 BRIDGING STUDY//MULTIREGIONAL CLINICAL TRIAL//MULTIREGIONAL TRIAL
7 0.0000069472 RUN IN PERIOD//THERAPEUTIC INFORMATION//RUN IN
8 0.0000068131 VERIFICATION BIAS//PARTIAL VERIFICATION//EVIDENCE BASED RADIOLOGY
9 0.0000050754 NONEXISTENCE OF PARAMETER ESTIMATES//NONPARAMETRIC INFORMATION BOUNDS//RISK REGRESSION
10 0.0000050345 NON INFERIORITY MARGIN//NON INFERIORITY//THREE ARM DESIGN