Which academic search systems are suitable for systematic reviews or meta‐analyses? Evaluating retrieval qualities of Google Scholar, PubMed, and 26 other resources

Overview of attention for article published in Research Synthesis Methods, January 2020

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news: 1 news outlet
blogs: 6 blogs
policy: 10 policy sources
twitter: 343 X users
facebook: 2 Facebook pages

wikipedia: 3 Wikipedia pages
reddit: 2 Redditors
q&a: 2 Q&A threads
bluesky: 5 Bluesky users

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