ECAP is a well-known international journal of European origin.
The journal's country of origin in fact seems to be the most important factor since physicians usually read journals from their own country [ 2, 4].
Two reviewers then independently used these forms to abstract trial quality, blinded to the authors, the journal, the country of origin and the results.
Reviewers were only provided with a full-text version of the trials from which the introduction, conclusions and discussion were omitted and from which the author, journal and country of origin were deleted.
Bibliometric data (publication year, origin, journal of publication), data on participants (origin, sample size, gender, age, medical condition) and intervention (yoga tradition, program length, intervention components, control intervention) were extracted by the latter authors (HC,RL), using a standardized data extraction form.
After each sample, they are given the opportunity to write down in their journals a possible country of origin.
Trial data was collected from the original publication including the authors' names, the journal, year of publication, country of origin, number of participating centers, inclusion and exclusion criteria, stratification, major and minor endpoints, number of arms, sample size per arm, regimens used, doses and line of treatment using a piloted data extraction form.
The journal Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres places special importance on this interconnection.
The journal Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres places special importance on the interconnection as well as the interdisciplinary nature of these fields, as is reflected in its subject coverage.
A brief 2-page summary appeared in English in 1996 as a conference contribution in the journal Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere [ 1].
Identified eligible publications were further analyzed with respect to study type/design, clinical condition addressed, country of origin, and journal impact factor.
