The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement,
published in 2009, was designed to help systematic reviewers transparently report why …

Background Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs, “adult stem cells”) have been widely used
experimentally in a variety of clinical contexts. There is interest in using these cells in critical …

Background: There is no standardized definition of what a predatory journal is, nor have the
characteristics of these journals been delineated or agreed upon. In order to study the …

The methods and results of systematic reviews should be reported in sufficient detail to allow
users to assess the trustworthiness and applicability of the review findings. The Preferred …

Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory
publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 …

Predatory journals have shoddy reporting and include papers from wealthy nations, find
David Moher, Larissa Shamseer, Kelly Cobey and colleagues.

Promising efficacy results of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy have been tempered
by safety considerations. Our objective was to comprehensively summarize the efficacy …

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder characterised by hypertension and proteinuria
occurring after the 20th week of gestation. Delivery of the placenta results in resolution of …

Objective: Although ultrasound guidance for subclavian vein catheterization has been well
described, evidence for its use has not been comprehensively appraised. Thus, we …

… We thank Dr Nirrananilathu M. Lalu for his assistance with statistical methodology. This
project was funded by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MT-14741) to …