PRISMA 2020 low diag am o upda ed sys ema ic e iews on Responsible Conduc o Resea ch: Assessing Compliance wi h Co e E hical No ms Among
Pos g adua e Resea che s in A ican Uni e si ies.
Reco ds iden i ied om*:
Da abases (n =2000 )
Regis e s (n =287)
Reco ds emo ed be o e
sc eening:
Duplica e eco ds emo ed
(n =500 )
Reco ds ma ked as ineligible
by au oma ion ools (n =400 )
Reco ds emo ed o o he
easons (n =24 )
Reco ds sc eened
(n =1,923)
Reco ds excluded**
(n = 1706)
Repo s sough o e ie al
(n =217 )
Repo s no e ie ed
(n = 117)
Repo s assessed o eligibili y
(n = 100)
Repo s excluded:
Reason 1 (n =50 )
Reason 2 (n =50 )
Reason 3 (n =17 )
Reco ds iden i ied om:
Websi es (n =100 )
O ganisa ions (n =100 )
Ci a ion sea ching (n =17 )
e c.
Repo s assessed o eligibili y
(n =100 )
Repo s excluded:
Reason 1 (n =10 )
Reason 2 (n =20 )
Reason 3 (n =12 )
New s udies included in e iew
(n =50)
Repo s o new included s udies
(n =8 )
Iden i ica ion o new s udies ia da abases and egis e s
Iden i ica ion o new s udies ia o he me hods
Iden i ica ion
Sc eening
Included
To al s udies included in e iew
(n =35 )
Repo s o o al included s udies
(n =35 )
S udies included in
p e ious e sion o
e iew (n =2,847)
Repo s o s udies
included in p e ious
e sion o e iew (n =
2,847)
P e ious s udies
Repo s sough o e ie al
(n =217 )
Repo s no e ie ed
(n =100 )
