ESMARConf2021 Session 6 (Open Synthesis): Tanja Burgard
Channel: ESMARConf2021
Date: 22/01/2021

Presenter: Tanja Burgard
Session: Open Synthesis (https://youtu.be/ICKTBPB2x0E)
Title: PsychOpen CAMA - A platform for open and cumulative meta-analyses in psychology
Abstract: Typically, meta-analyses are published as printed articles. This practice leads to serious limitations for the re-usability of meta-analytic data. Results of printed meta-analyses can often neither be replicated, nor can the sensitivity of the results to subjective decisions, as the use of statistical models, be examined. Results quickly become outdated and without access to the meta-analytic dataset, the process of meta-analytic data collection starts from scratch. A solution for an infrastructure for continuous updating of meta-analytic evidence is the concept of CAMA (Community-Augmented Meta-Analysis). A CAMA is an open repository for meta-analytic data, that provides a GUI for meta-analytic tools. PsychOpen CAMA serves the field of psychology. The PHP application relies on an OpenCPU server to process requests from the analyses called from the GUI. All functions needed for these analyses are stored in an R package. To ensure interoperability, all data available on the platform follow certain conventions defined in a data template. The results from the operations on the OpenCPU Server are given back as output on the GUI.Meta-analyses published on the platform are accessible and can be augmented continuously by the research community. A first release of the service will be available in early 2021. All meta-analytic functionalities (data exploration, meta-regression, publication bias, power analyses) can already be demonstrated with our test version.

Please cite as: Burgard, Tanja (2021): PsychOpen CAMA - A platform for open and cumulative meta-analyses in psychology. Presented at ESMARConf2021. figshare. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13642721.v1