Table 1.

Database-specific search strings

Database	Date performed	Search string	Results	Notes
Web of Science	April 23, 2015	“translational sciences” OR “translational science” OR “translation research” OR “translational research” OR “clinical and translational research” OR “clinical and translational sciences” OR “clinical and translational science” OR CTSA* OR “translational medicine” each searched separately in either title or subject, each combined with NEAR/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”); separate title and subject searches combined with OR, then combined title and subject searches combined again	102
PubMed	April 24, 2015	(“Translational medical research” [majr] OR (“translational sciences” [title] OR “translational science” [title] OR “translation research” [title] OR “translational research” [title] OR “clinical and translational research” [tiab] OR “clinical and translational science” [tiab] OR “clinical and translational medicine” [tiab] OR “translational medicine” [tiab] OR “clinical and translational science” [journal] OR CTSA [tiab])) AND (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map” OR (T1[TIAB] AND T2[TIAB]))	276	34 duplicates
Scopus	April 27, 2015	(TITLE-ABS-KEY (“translational sciences” W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“translational science” W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“translation research” W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“translational research” W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“clinical and translational research” W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“clinical and translational science” W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“translational medicine” W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (ctsa* W/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”)))	95	67 duplicates
Embase	April 27, 2015	((“translational medical research” OR “translational sciences” OR “translational science” OR “translation research” OR “translational research” OR “clinical and translational research” OR “clinical and translational science” OR “clinical and translational medicine” OR “translational medicine” OR ctsa*) NEAR/5 (definition* OR define OR continuum OR roadmap OR “road map”)):ab,ti	73	65 duplicates

Research librarians were consulted to construct searchers across several literature databases. The search strategy was developed in PubMed MEDLINE and adapted to conform to the controlled vocabulary and syntax of each database. The order of brackets represents correct syntax for the search engines utilized rather than grammatical convention.