# Methodological quality (risk of bias) assessment tools for primary and secondary medical studies: what are they and which is better?

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/methodological-quality-risk-of-bias-assessment-tools-for-primary-and-secondary/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Linlu Ma,Xinghuan Wang,Zhihua Yang,Di Huang,Hong Weng,Xian‐Tao Zeng |
| Citations | 1,661 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40779-020-00238-8 |
| Fields | Decision Sciences,Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | diamond |
| OA URL | https://mmrjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40779-020-00238-8 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W3011962481 |
| PMID | 32111253 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2020 |

## Paper authors

- [Xinghuan Wang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/xinghuan-wang/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Meta-analysis and systematic reviews](https://scholariq.org/topics/meta-analysis-and-systematic-reviews/)

## Paper topics

- [Meta-analysis and systematic reviews](https://scholariq.org/topics/meta-analysis-and-systematic-reviews/)
- [Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life](https://scholariq.org/topics/health-systems-economic-evaluations-quality-of-life/)
- [Clinical practice guidelines implementation](https://scholariq.org/topics/clinical-practice-guidelines-implementation/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.