What editors, reviewers, researchers and librarians need to know about the PRESS, MECIR, PRISMA and AMSTAR instruments with regard to improving the methodological quality of searches for information for articles

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Maria Eduarda dos Santos Puga, Cochrane Brazil

MSc, PhD. Librarian, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil; Director, Coordenadoria da Rede de Bibliotecas UNIFESP (CRBU), São Paulo (SP), Brazil; and Information Specialist, Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Álvaro Nagib Atallah, Cochrane Brazil

MD, PhD. Full Professor and Head of the Discipline of Emergency Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil; and Director of Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

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Puga ME dos S, Atallah Álvaro N. What editors, reviewers, researchers and librarians need to know about the PRESS, MECIR, PRISMA and AMSTAR instruments with regard to improving the methodological quality of searches for information for articles. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 3 [cited 2025 Oct. 17];138(6):459-64. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/562

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