Table 7. Editorial and publication processes.

LSR version peer-reviewed (%)

The managing editor is the same as for the previous version (%)

Peer reviewers are the same as for the previous version (%)

Time required for editorial and peer review processes (median (IQR)) in months

Published in open access (%)

Journal impact factor (median (IQR))

Journal provides instructions for reporting of systematic reviews (%)

Journal provides instructions for reporting of LSRs (%)

Journal/platform accommodate iterative versions of the same document

Use of nano-publication approach (%)

Sub-doi (%)

Other (%)

Approach to flagging new evidence for reader (%)

LSR – living systematic review, IQR – interquartile range