PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Statement

Key Points

• To establish an updated guideline statement (PRESS 2015) for guiding and enhancing the peer review of electronic literature search strategies.
• Formulated consensus-based guideline recommendations for the systematic assessment of electronic bibliographic database search queries.
• Provides structured guidance and criteria to assist peer reviewers in identifying errors and improving the quality of search strategies in evidence syntheses.