Our CTSI Systematic Review Core (SR Core) and ULibraries Evidence Review Team provide consultations and collaborations with researchers engaging in systematic, scoping, and other evidence synthesis reviews. We tailor our assistance to meet the needs of the review team to develop a high-quality manuscript following sound methodology detailed in an a priori protocol.
Submitting a request for collaboration via either avenue listed below will add your project to our queue for email follow-up.
Librarians are included as authors on systematic review publications based on their contributions to the review:
These constitute a major scholarly contribution to the evidence review.
We adhere to authorship criteria from the a) International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) author roles and contributions and b) University of Utah Regulations: Policy 7-020: Determining Authorship in Scholarly or Scientific Publications.
Rethlefsen ML, Murad MH, Livingston EH. Engaging Medical Librarians to Improve the Quality of Review Articles. JAMA. 2014 Sep 10;312(10):999-1000. PubMed PMID: 25203078