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I was not aware this was considered the "highest bar". Can you elaborate? I've seen so much vitriol against it, it's hard to square your statement and the amoun

I was not aware this was considered the "highest bar". Can you elaborate? I've seen so much vitriol against it, it's hard to square your statement and the amount of denialism about its results.

nhchris 4y ago
A 2004 editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal noted that Cochrane reviews appear to be more up to date and of better quality than other reviews, describing them as "the best single resource for methodologic research and for developing the science of meta-epidemiology" and crediting them with leading to methodological improvements in the medical literature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_(organisation)#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_(organisation)#Recept...
onecommentman 4y ago
Active for 30 years specifically dedicated to reviewing medical issues, members in 190 countries https://www.cochrane.org/about-us https://www.cochrane.org/about-us 20 years of journal volumes to be found in their database of systematic reviews of medical practices, several thousand articles by my superficial count https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/table-of-contents?volume=2023&issue=2 https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/table-of-contents?volum... As of 2019, their impact factor is 7.890, 10th among all top medical journals (out of 165), 5 year impact factor of 7.974. Even a non-medical like me have heard of them described as the premier journal for medical reviews, and a role model for other disciplines looking to reproduce the same success in reviewing research findings around a particular topic. https://www.cochrane.org/news/2019-journal-impact-factor-cochrane-database-systematic-reviews-7890 https://www.cochrane.org/news/2019-journal-impact-factor-coc... Does the country you’re posting from block access to search engines? This took less than 3 minutes of search. If you can’t web search because of censorship, how can you post on HN? And if you only have 11 karma, as it seems from your username, why aren’t you showing up as a green font? I’m puzzled, dang.

I was not aware this was considered the "highest bar". Can you elaborate? I've seen so much vitriol against it, it's hard to square your statement and the amount of denialism about its results.

nhchris 4y ago

A 2004 editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal noted that Cochrane reviews appear to be more up to date and of better quality than other reviews, describing them as "the best single resource for methodologic research and for developing the science of meta-epidemiology" and crediting them with leading to methodological improvements in the medical literature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_(organisation)#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_(organisation)#Recept...

onecommentman 4y ago

Active for 30 years specifically dedicated to reviewing medical issues, members in 190 countries https://www.cochrane.org/about-us https://www.cochrane.org/about-us 20 years of journal volumes to be found in their database of systematic reviews of medical practices, several thousand articles by my superficial count https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/table-of-contents?volume=2023&issue=2 https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/table-of-contents?volum... As of 2019, their impact factor is 7.890, 10th among all top medical journals (out of 165), 5 year impact factor of 7.974. Even a non-medical like me have heard of them described as the premier journal for medical reviews, and a role model for other disciplines looking to reproduce the same success in reviewing research findings around a particular topic. https://www.cochrane.org/news/2019-journal-impact-factor-cochrane-database-systematic-reviews-7890 https://www.cochrane.org/news/2019-journal-impact-factor-coc... Does the country you’re posting from block access to search engines? This took less than 3 minutes of search. If you can’t web search because of censorship, how can you post on HN? And if you only have 11 karma, as it seems from your username, why aren’t you showing up as a green font? I’m puzzled, dang.