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Search Sensitivity

Search Sensitivity is a measure of the ability of a literature search strategy to retrieve all relevant studies within a given domain, distinguished from other evaluative metrics by its focus on minimizing false negatives in the identification of pertinent academic evidence.

126

Publications

9.3K

Citations

5.2K

Authors

562

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

36

Parents

Publications

126

Development of a methodological PubMed search filter for finding studies on measurement properties of measurement instruments

Caroline B. Terwee, Elise P. Jansma, Ingrid I. Riphagen et al. · Quality of Life Research · 2009 · 883 citations · Full text

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Developing Optimal Search Strategies for Detecting Clinically Sound Studies in MEDLINE

R. Brian Haynes, Nancy L Wilczynski, K. Ann McKibbon et al. · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association · 1994 · 775 citations · Full text

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Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of diagnosis from Medline: analytical survey

R. Brian Haynes, Nancy L Wilczynski · BMJ · 2004 · 551 citations · Full text

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Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from Medline: analytical survey

R. Brian Haynes, K. Ann McKibbon, Nancy L Wilczynski et al. · BMJ · 2005 · 438 citations · Full text

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Optimal search strategies for retrieving systematic reviews from Medline: analytical survey

Víctor M. Montori, Nancy L Wilczynski, Douglas R. Morgan et al. · BMJ · 2004 · 432 citations · Full text

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Authors

5.2K

  1. NL
    Nancy L Wilczynski

    McMaster University, Canada

    16 publications · 3.4K citations

    15

    h-index

  2. RB
    R. Brian Haynes

    McMaster University, Canada

    16 publications · 3.3K citations

    15

    h-index

  3. KA
    K. Ann McKibbon

    McMaster University, Canada

    5 publications · 1.5K citations

    5

    h-index

  4. JT
    Jennifer Tieman

    Flinders University, Australia

    5 publications · 153 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. KW
    K. Wette

    Australian National University, Australia

    4 publications · 295 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

562

  1. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    16 h-index

    45 publications

    10.7K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

    Potsdam, Germany

    9 h-index

    173 publications

    17K citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    63 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    78 publications

    7.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    235 publications

    13.3K citations

  6. Leibniz University Hannover

    Hanover, Germany

    6 h-index

    147 publications

    14.7K citations

  7. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    5 h-index

    57 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    5 h-index

    191 publications

    18.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

    PRD · 10 publications · 379 citations

    10

    h-index

  2. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

    9 publications · 338 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. Health Information & Libraries Journal

    7 publications · 255 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. BMC Medical Research Methodology

    6 publications · 351 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 455 citations

    5

    h-index

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