TY - JOUR A1 - Groneberg, Jan David Alexander A1 - Rolle, Stefan A1 - Bendels, Michael Hans Karl A1 - Klingelhöfer, Doris A1 - Schöffel, Norman A1 - Bauer, Jan A1 - Brüggmann, Dörthe T1 - A world map of evidence-based medicine : density equalizing mapping of the Cochrane database of systematic reviews T2 - PLoS one N2 - Systematic reviews represent the core and backbone of evidence-based medicine (EBM) strategies in all fields of medicine. In order to depict a first global sketch of the international efforts in the Cochrane database systematic reviews (CDSR), we analyzed the systematic reviews of the Cochrane database. Our global maps of systematic reviewing offer intriguing structural insights into the world of EBM strategies. They demonstrate that for the CDSR, the UK and Commonwealth countries take the lead position. Since patients, care providers and health systems all over the world benefit from systematic reviewing, institutions in other countries should increase their commitment. KW - Systematic reviews KW - Economic analysis KW - United States KW - Citation analysis KW - Evidence based medicine KW - Australia KW - Canada KW - Medicine and health sciences Y1 - 2019 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51878 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-518787 SN - 1932-6203 N1 - Copyright: © 2019 Groneberg et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. VL - 14 IS - (12): e0226305 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - PLoS CY - Lawrence, Kan. ER -