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Table 3 Systematic reviews of which more than ten included references were not retrieved in Google Scholar; performance of improved searches

From: The comparative recall of Google Scholar versus PubMed in identical searches for biomedical systematic reviews: a review of searches used in systematic reviews

 

Number of included references

Number of includes retrieved by

 

Authors’ search

Improved search #1

Improved search #2

Hasani

78

26

26

37

Novak

30

10

12

12

Verhoeven

89

72

75

72

Navarese

17

6

13

16

Belsey

20

10

15

16

 

234

124 (53%)

141 (60%)

154 (66%)