The publishing characteristics of Campbell Systematic Reviews for social welfare

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Wei L1, Chen W2, Liu G3, Wei L4, Liu C5, Si L6, Zhang J7, Yang K1
1Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Public Health, Lanzhou Univ
2Philosophy and sociology school, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
3School of law, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
4 School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
5School of Information Science & Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
6 School of Information Science & Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
7School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract
Background: With the rapid development of society, Campbell systematic reviews of social welfare have become increasingly popular. However, due to the complexity of social welfare, they are facing challenges

Objectives: To describe the publishing characteristics of Campbell Systematic Reviews of Social Welfare.

Methods:We retrieved all Campbell Systematic Reviews by consulting the Campbell library in January 2017, From which we choose a systematic assessment of social welfare. The EndNote X4 and Excel were used for data description and analysis.

Results: We included 61 Campbell Systematic Reviews of Social Welfare out of the 326 identified, accounting for 65.57% of the total Campbell Reviews. There were 14 (22.95%) Protocols, 3 (4.92%) Title, 2 (3.28%) User abstract and two infer to others; There were 24 referred to the number of studies included, 13 included 1~20, 11 included more than 20. They published online which was all 4 in 2011 , all 6 in 2012 and 2013, 17 in 2014, all 14 in 2015 and 2016; They focused on the top three ranking of the crowd are: Youth (11, 18.03%), Children(10, 16.40%), Women(9, 14.75%).

Conclusions: Although many Campbell Systematic Reviews of Social Welfare have been published, the quantity and quality of the evidence should be improved, We should pay more attention to vulnerable groups such as women, children, teenagers, elderly and so on.