Evidence or Knowledge Synthesis

General Guidelines

• MOOSE checklist - Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
  [Table. A Proposed Reporting Checklist for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers of Meta-analyses of Observational Studies]

•  PRISMA - NEW Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses, supersedes PRISMA 2009 and QUORUM
  • PRISMA 2020 checklist
  • PRISMA 2020 flow diagram
  • PRISMA 2020 statement paper
  • PRISMA 2020 Explanation and Elaboration paper
  • PRISMA extensions

Publisher or Subject Reporting Guidelines

Publishers may require adherence to specific guidelines or standards. Search the literature of your discipline for reporting guidelines or reporting standards.

Examples:

• Qualitative Meta-Analysis Reporting Standards [PDF]

  Also known as QMARS. From the American Psychological Association (APA).

• Reporting Guidelines for Meta‐Analyses in Economics

  Updated (2020) by the Meta‐Analysis of Economics Research Network (MAER‐Net)

• ROSES

  RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses in conservation and environmental research, developed by multiple partner organizations.

Superseded (included for reference)

• QUOROM checklist & flow diagram [within original report; PDF]

  QUality Of Reporting Of Meta-analyses. Superseded & replaced by 2009 PRISMA; link provided for reference.