Terms used in Scopus search with number of hits.a
| Search terms | Number of hits |
|---|---|
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“decision theor*”) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp) | 262 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(sequential) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar) AND (PUBYEAR > 2004) | 1189 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(sequential) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar) AND (PUBYEAR < 2005) | 1010 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(sequential) ) AND DOCTYPE(cp) | 336 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“decision mak*”) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar) AND (PUBYEAR > 2008) | 1705 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“decision mak*”) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar) AND ( LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2008) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2007) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2006) OR LIMIT-TO(PUBYEAR,2005) ) | 901 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“decision mak*”) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar) AND (PUBYEAR < 2005) | 1446 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“decision mak*”) ) AND DOCTYPE(cp) | 1130 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(bayes* PRE/5 decision)) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp) | 70 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“optimal* design”) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp) | 222 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“optimal* decision”) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp) | 16 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“small trial”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“phase II”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(pilot) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(“serie* of trial”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“optimal* sample siz*”) ) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp) | 10 |
| TITLE-ABS-KEY(“trial design”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“decision theor*”) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp) | 25 |
| TITLE-ABS-KEY(“trial design”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(bayes* PRE/5 decision) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp) | 32 |
| TITLE-ABS-KEY(“trial design”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“optimal* design”) AND DOCTYPE(ar or cp) | 38 |
| TITLE-ABS-KEY(“trial design”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“optimal* decision”) AND DOCTYPE(ar or cp) | 4 |
| TITLE-ABS-KEY(“trial design”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“optimal* sample size”) AND DOCTYPE(ar or cp) | 9 |
| TITLE-ABS-KEY(“trial design”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(sequential* PRE/5 decision*) AND DOCTYPE(ar or cp) | 3 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“clinical trial*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“decision theor*”)) AND DOCTYPE(ar or cp) | 278 |
| (TITLE-ABS-KEY(“clinical trial*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“optim* sample size*”)) AND DOCTYPE(ar or cp) | 65 |
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Some search terms led to more than 2000 hits and to circumvent Scopus citation export restriction, these terms were split by publication year.