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. 2020 Oct 10;9:236. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01477-5

Table 2.

Study classifications [54]

Category Study characteristics
Key papers Conceptually rich with the potential to make an important contribution to the synthesis
Satisfactory papers Less valuable than key papers but still relevant
Questionable papers Uncertain contribution
Irrelevant Not relevant to the review question
Fatally flawed Study data not presented in a usable format