Table 3.
Structure of the iMAP-FP dataset, structured into sections.
| Section | Name | Content | File name | Readme file tab | Number of rows | Number of columns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farming practices definitions and descriptors | Definitions of each farming practice with bibliographic references and key descriptors that specify the inclusion and exclusion boundaries of the definition. | 01_fp_definitions.csv | 01_readme | 128 | 4 |
| 2 | Search equations | For each farming practice category: complete list of search equations in web libraries (Web of Science and Scopus) and search dates. | 02_search_eq.csv | 02_readme | 128 | 9 |
| 3 | Screening selection criteria | List of specific inclusion and exclusion criteria used to select relevant meta-analyses during the screening phase. | 03_selection_criteria.csv | 03_readme | 332 | 3 |
| 4 | Systematic screening records | Complete list of literature records retrieved from Web of Science and Scopus and details of the systematic screening of abstracts and full-text reading. | 04_screeening.csv | 04_readme | 14152 | 13 |
| 5 | List of selected meta-analyses | Final list of selected unique meta-analyses, with reference details. | 05_ma_list.csv | 05_readme | 694 | 6 |
| 6 | Quality assessment of each meta-analysis | Assessment of the quality of the systematic review, quality of the statistical analysis and the risk of bias (16 criteria) | 06_ma_quality_assessment.csv | 06_readme | 1313 | 19 |
| 7 | Synthesis of each meta-analysis | Short reports of the main findings of each meta-analysis, using a standardised structure following the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions13. This includes background and objectives, search strategy, statistical methods, main results, main conclusions, factors influencing the main results, main knowledge gaps as identified by the authors of the Meta-analyses. | 07_ma_synthesis.csv | 07_readme | 1313 | 18 |
| 8 | Population-Intervention-Comparator-Outcome (P-I-C-O) combinations and types of effect sizes | Structure of the intervention-comparator pairs, metrics used to measure the outcome and type of effect sizes, as described by the authors of each meta-analysis. | 08_pico_combinations.csv | 08_readme | 1313 | 10 |
| 9 | Population variables found as influencing factors | Variables of the population that significantly affect the main results of each meta-analysis. | 09_population_variables_factors | 09_readme | 1622 | 10 |
| 10 | Classification of intervention-comparator pairs, impact categories and results of statistical tests of each P-I-C-O combination | Classification of the intervention-comparator pairs. Classification of outcome metrics into impact categories. Qualitative results for each PICO combination: direction of the main results of the statistical tests (significantly positive or negative, non-significant, lacking statistical tests). | 10_pico_cat_results.csv | 10_readme | 3704 | 17 |
Each section corresponds to one single datafile (.CSV format), reported in the JRC data catalogue repository20, to which a “readme” file is associated with explanations about all the variables.