Letter to the Editor
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Methodol. Dec 20, 2025; 15(4): 102000
Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.102000
Table 2 Comparison of results using “front page” as a filter
Ref.
TP searched out
TP in study period
TP with search keywords in their “front page”
TP from the original paper
Liu et al[1]284 articles and reviews282 articles and reviews (99.3% of 284 articles)200 articles and reviews (71% of 282 articles)153 articles and reviews
Dai et al[2]13183 English articles and reviews13133 English articles and reviews (99.6% of 13183 articles)11280 English articles and reviews (86% of 13133 articles)10829 English articles and reviews
Zhou et al[3]4644 English articles4585 English articles (98.7% of 4644 articles)3163 English articles (69% of 4585 articles)4482 English articles
Zhang et al[4]3074 articles and reviews3050 articles and reviews (99.2% of 3074 articles)1604 articles and reviews (53% of 3050 articles)2873 articles and reviews
Du et al[5]4252 English documents4197 English documents (98.7% of 4252 articles)3820 English documents (91% of 4197 articles)446 English documents
Fu et al[6]1352 English articles and reviews1343 English articles and reviews (99.3% of 1352 articles)952 English articles and reviews (71% of 1343 articles)1364 English articles and reviews