Table 3. Summary of Methodology Documentation.
| Percent of Articles Documenting Information (N) | |
| Date of Search | 34% (24/70) |
| Google Data Source | 99% (69/70) |
| Query Variables | |
| Location of Search | 87% (61/70) |
| Time Period of Search | 87% (61/70) |
| Query Category | 19% (13/70) |
| Search Input Syntax | |
| Clear Search Input, total’ | 39% (27/70) |
| Excluding studies with only one term (n = 8) | 31% (19/62) |
| Specifics: | |
| Use of combination of terms (55/70 Eligible’) | |
| Yes | 31% (17/55) |
| Unclear | 18% (10/55) |
| No | 51% (28/55) |
| Use of Quotes (52/70 Eligible∼) | |
| Yes | 0% (0/52) |
| Unclear | 81% (42/52) |
| No | 19% (10/52) |
| Overall Reproducibility | |
| Reproducible Articles* | 7% (5/70) |
| Rationale | |
| Rationale Provided for Search Input | 67% (47/70) |
’defined as providing clear use of quotes and combination.
‘eligibility = use of more than one term, ex. HIV + AIDS.
∼eligibility = use of a term with more than one word, ex. “HIV epidemic”.
*defined as addressing those fields which are modifiable within the portal by the user (therefore excluding date of search and data source).