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For example, bibliometric analyses can only be applied to the published literature in journals that are indexed with respect to citations and do not cover unpublished works, works in non-indexed journals, and non-journal printed works such as books, dissertations, reports, or government documents.
The grey literature searches were restricted to dissertations, reports and conference proceedings.
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Also excluded were letters, literature reviews, notes, conference or meeting abstracts, book chapters, editorials, dissertations, case reports or series, short reports, workshop reports, and practice guidelines.
Of the 38 result publications in ChiCTR, Only 1 (a doctoral dissertation) reported a registration number.
This article is a synopsis of the dissertation report of SCL, for the 3rd Master's course in Health and Development, taught at Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical – Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
The manuscripts of 40 articles were retrieved and eight were excluded (publication type/forum: dissertation, report published in a non-peer-reviewed journal, and two French-language articles; study design: patient record research and age; children and adolescent included).
This review contains an exhaustive list of scientific references on the topic, including articles published in journals, industry magazines, books and conference proceedings, university dissertations, technical reports and government documents.
theses, Ph.D. dissertations, technical reports to international organizations, etc.
We also contacted experts in the area of maternal health to identify additional articles, PhD dissertations, or reports.
In addition, we contacted experts in the field to identify other relevant documents (e.g., dissertations, scientific reports).
Publication bias was minimised by including conference papers and book chapters, searching grey literature for dissertations and reports (ETHOS, SIGL) and corresponding with authors to identify further works.
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