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Evidence synthesis 2.0: When systematic, scoping, rapid, living, and overviews of reviews come together

This article proposes Evidence Synthesis 2.0, a new model of evidence synthesis that may solve the shortcomings of current systematic reviews.

Neal Haddaway / Published on 30 April 2020

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Akl, E. A., Haddaway, N. R., Rada, G. and Lotfi, T. (2020). Evidence synthesis 2.0: When systematic, scoping, rapid, living, and overviews of reviews come together. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.01.025

Systematic reviews have a number of shortcomings. Emerging types of evidence synthesis – including scoping, rapid, living and overviews of reviews – attempt to address these, but none has managed to address all the shortcomings fully.

This article proposes Evidence Synthesis 2.0 as an aspirational model of evidence synthesis that may provide a holistic solution to the shortcomings of systematic reviews.

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