Quality Assessment of Systematic Review of the Bariatric Surgery for Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Top ten of countries, year of publication, and literature resources included in the SR.
Country of the first author
Number
Publication year
Number
Literature resource
Number
China
33
2015
15
Obesity Surgery
18
USA
5
2016
14
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
6
Canada
4
2014
9
Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
4
Germany
3
2013
9
Academic dissertation
4
Korea
3
2012
6
Annals of Surgery
2
Australia
3
2017
4
Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
2
UK
3
2011
2
Obesity Reviews
2
Italy
2
2010
2
JAMA
1
Netherlands
2
2009
1
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
1
Others#
6
Others$
2
Others&
24
#Each of the following countries published one: Brazil, Czech Republic, France, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland; $one in 2004 and one in 2007; &involved 24 journals.
