Grey literature citations in top nursing journals: a bibliometric study

Woods, Stephen; Phillips, Kat; Dudash, Andrew

doi:10.5195/jmla.2020.760

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“…Searches conducted by the first author between March and July 2020 were limited to peer‐reviewed journals, published in the English language between 2010 and 2020 (for decadal trend(s)) and availability of full text. Grey literature, accepted as print and electronic data, theses, and government, academic and business records that are not controlled by commercial publishers, helps to provide a more balanced review (Adams et al, 2016 ; Paez, 2017 ; Woods et al, 2020 ). Hand‐searching and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds were used to alert newly published manuscripts from selected journals.…”

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The community nurse in Australia. Who are they? A rapid systematic review

Blay

Sousa

Rowles

et al. 2021

J Nursing Management

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Aim: This study aimed to profile the community nurse in Australia. Background:The need for nurses in the community health care sector is increasing in response to shorter hospital stays, an aging population and chronic disease. The increase in demand has not been followed by appropriate workforce planning, leading to structural issues and lack of qualified nursing workforce in the community sector.Evaluation: MEDLINE and ProQuest Public Health and grey literature were searched for records published between 2010 and 2020 relative to the profile of the community nurse in Australia. Twenty-five records (21 publications, 2 databases and 2 reports) were included in the review. Abstracted data followed the principles of workforce planning and included demographics, qualifications and roles.

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The community nurse in Australia. Who are they? A rapid systematic review

Blay

Sousa

Rowles

et al. 2021

J Nursing Management

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“…Grey literature such as letters and editorials were not excluded. Woods et al (2020) found in a review of the bibliographies of nursing journals that the citation of grey literature was substantial, while Adams et al (2016) suggest that including grey literature in literature reviews is essential in some circumstances as the information may only be present in grey literature. Due to the critical realist philosophy underpinning this research and the potential to add meaningful data in the attempt to interpret the stratified reality, the search results were not limited to academic journals, and where possible, grey literature was included.…”

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What are the ethical dilemmas in the decision‐making processes of nursing people given electroconvulsive therapy? A critical realist review of qualitative evidence

Sweetmore

2021

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? ECT is a treatment which has a long and complicated history. There is no consensus on its effectiveness and there is a great deal of polarized debate as to whether it should be used. MHNs are asked to work with people who are receiving ECT as part of their duties. What the paper adds to existing knowledge? The paper seeks to move beyond the polarized arguments and to consider how MHNs can work with people where ECT is being considered or administered as part of their treatment in a manner which satisfies their professional obligations. Implications for practice MHNs may need to broaden their understanding of ethics beyond the traditional biomedical ethics model of beneficence, non‐maleficence, justice and autonomy, as well as improving their understanding of social and political factors which may have an unseen effect of the use of ECT as a treatment in order to meet their professional obligations when working with people being administered ECT. Abstract INTRODUCTIONElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has a complex and contentious place in psychiatric care. Mental health nurses (MHNs) are of obligated to be part of this practice despite ethical concerns. AimTo consider the ethical dilemmas and decision‐making processes facing MHNs involved in the administration of ECT. MethodA critical realist review of the literature surrounding ethical considerations and ECT was undertaken using thematic analysis. FindingsFour key themes emerged: the MHN as an advocate and conflict in their role, issues surrounding consent, questionable efficacy and unknown method of action, side effects, and legal issues and clinical guidelines. DiscussionUsing a critical realist framework for understanding, the decision‐making process and ethical considerations are viewed as part of the empirical and actual parts of reality, while the potential for other, unseen causal powers to be at play is acknowledged. Implications for practiceMHNs need to ensure they have an adequate ethical underpinning to their practice to enable them to navigate contentious areas of practice such as ECT to practice effectively and preserve safety. This may require moving beyond the traditional biomedical model of ethics. Developing an appreciation of unseen causal factors is also an essential part of MHNs’ developing professional competency.

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“…Another reason for including gray literature is that it is widely used. A recent study on nursing journals shows that gray literature accounts for about 10% of all citations [ 17 ], while another study showed that more than 10% of UK governmental publications in the field of health care are cited in the publication database Scopus [ 18 ]. Farrah and Mierzwinski-Urban [ 19 ] found that about 47% of the references on reports on novel nondrug health technologies were found in gray literature, and a review by Song et al [ 20 ] found that approximately half of all medical and health-related studies are not published in peer-reviewed journals.…”

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Gray Literature in Evaluating Effectiveness in Digital Health and Health and Welfare Technology: A Source Worth Considering

Stridsberg¹,

Richardson²,

Redekop³

et al. 2022

J Med Internet Res

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Background The need to assess the effectiveness and value of interventions involving digital health and health and welfare technologies is becoming increasingly important due to the rapidly growing development of these technologies and their areas of application. Systematic reviews of scientific literature are a mainstay of such assessment, but publications outside the realm of traditional scientific bibliographic databases—known as gray literature—are often not included. This is a disadvantage, particularly apparent in the health and welfare technology (HWT) domain. Objective The aim of this article is to investigate the significance of gray literature in digital health and HWT when reviewing literature. As an example, the impact of including gray literature to the result of two systematic reviews in HWT is examined. Methods In this paper, we identify, discuss, and suggest methods for including gray literature sources when evaluating effectiveness and appropriateness for different review types related to HWT. The analysis also includes established sources, search strategies, documentation, and reporting of searches, as well as bias and credibility assessment. The differences in comparison to scientific bibliographic databases are elucidated. We describe the results, challenges, and benefits of including gray literature in 2 examples of systematic reviews of HWT. Results In the 2 systematic reviews described in this paper, most included studies came from context-specific gray literature sources. Gray literature contributed to the overall result of the reviews and corresponded well with the reviews’ aims. The assessed risk of bias of the included studies derived from gray literature was similar to the included studies from other types of sources. However, because of less standardized publication formats, assessing and extracting data from gray literature studies were more time-consuming and compiling statistical results was not possible. The search process for gray literature required more time and the reproducibility of gray literature searches were less certain due to more unstable publication platforms. Conclusions Gray literature is particularly relevant for digital health and HWT but searches need to be conducted systematically and reported transparently. This way gray literature can broaden the range of studies, highlight context specificity, and decrease the publication bias of reviews of effectiveness of HWT. Thus, researchers conducting systematic reviews related to HWT should consider including gray literature based on a systematic approach.

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Grey literature citations in top nursing journals: a bibliometric study

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

The community nurse in Australia. Who are they? A rapid systematic review

The community nurse in Australia. Who are they? A rapid systematic review

What are the ethical dilemmas in the decision‐making processes of nursing people given electroconvulsive therapy? A critical realist review of qualitative evidence

Gray Literature in Evaluating Effectiveness in Digital Health and Health and Welfare Technology: A Source Worth Considering

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