Cochrane Library Newsletter - October 2017
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New Review on Cervical Cancer Screening
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Review Question: We assessed studies comparing two tests to screen for cervical cancer: the HPV test (Human papillomavirus test) and
the Pap test otherwise known as cervical smear or Papanicolaou test. The aim was to find out which test detects precancerous changes of the cervix more accurately.
Read the Review*.
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*Login or subscription will be required
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M Kent Ranson, David B Evans
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The vision of universal health coverage is that all people obtain the health services they need, while not being pushed into poverty
by paying out-of-pocket costs for health care…
Read the full editorial for free.
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This new review, published in September 2017 from the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group examines research on the effect of needle syringe
programmes (NSP) and opioid substitution treatment (OST) in reducing the risk of becoming infected with the hepatitis C virus. The objectives of the study were to assess the effects of needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy, alone or in
combination, for preventing acquisition of HCV in people who inject drugs.
You can read the review for FREE.
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Did you know… tips on using the Cochrane Library
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Did you know that you can browse Cochrane Reviews by the topics you specialize in. Simply click on the topic and a list of the related
reviews will appear with further filters available and always newest first. A great way of accessing relevant content without needing to search. Simply scroll down on the homepage to see the topic list.
www.cochranelibrary.com
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2016 Impact Factor for Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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Each year in June, Clarivate Analytics publish the Impact Factors of all journals indexed in the Journal Citation Report. The 2016
Impact Factor for CDSR is 6.264, which describes the ratio of the number of reviews published during 2014 and 2015 (1,839) to the number of citations these reviews received in 2015 (11,520).
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A review published in the CDSR in 2014 or 2015 was cited, on average, 6.264 times in 2016. The CDSR is ranked 14 of 154 in the Medicine,
General & Internal category, the 5-Year Impact Factor increased from 6.665 to 7.084.
Read more.
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For more information, you can access an
Impact Factor fact sheet and
full report.
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* The aggregate Impact Factor for a subject category is calculated the same way as the Impact Factor for a journal, but it takes into
account the number of citations to all journals in the category and the number of source-articles from all journals in the category.
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** The number of journals included in the Medicine, General & Internal category in 2016 was 154.
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*** The cited half-life is the median age of the papers that were cited in the current year, e.g. a cited half-life of 4.9 years means
the citations made to CDSR in 2016, half were to papers over 4 years old.
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**** The immediacy index is the average number of times the source-article is cited in the year it is published and indicates how quickly
articles in a journal are cited.
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Cochrane Library Podcasts
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Want to know about a Cochrane Review but don’t have time to read the evidence?
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Then listen! Cochrane Library podcasts offer a succinct summary of the review that you can download and listen to on your daily commute,
or recommend to your students to listen to the podcast in addition to the review. There are podcasts in over 30 different languages so there is something for everyone! View the podcasts here:
http://www.cochrane.org/multimedia/podcasts/. You can also download the podcasts on
iTunes.
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Online training – at your own pace
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Did you know that you can access online training on the Cochrane Library?
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There are 3 recorded self-paced tutorials for viewing at your leisure.
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Interested in Journal Clubs? Why not register for the monthly Cochrane Journal Club?
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Do you run a Journal Club? Are you interested in learning more about a Cochrane Review? Each Journal
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Club focuses on a recently published Cochrane Review and comes with a vignette to help you place the review in the context of a specific
scenario and discussion questions.
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