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Closing the Gap between Methodologists and End-Users: R as a Computational Back-End
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The R environment provides a natural platform for developing new statistical methods due to the mathematical expressiveness of the language, the large number of existing libraries, and the active developer community. One drawback to R, however, is the learning curve; programming is a deterrent to non-technical users, who typically prefer graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to command line environments. Thus, while statisticians develop new methods in R, practitioners are often behind in terms of the statistical techniques they use as they rely on GUI applications. Meta-analysis is an instructive example; cutting-edge meta-analysis methods are often ignored by the overwhelming majority of practitioners, in part because they have no easy way of applying them. This paper proposes a strategy to close the gap between the statistical state-of-the-science and what is applied in practice. We present open-source meta-analysis software that uses R as the underlying statistical engine, and Python for the GUI. We present a framework that allows methodologists to implement new methods in R that are then automatically integrated into the GUI for use by end-users, so long as the programmer conforms to our interface. Such an approach allows an intuitive interface for non-technical users while leveraging the latest advanced statistical methods implemented by methodologists.
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“A random-effects analytic model was applied, using the method of DerSimonian and Laird, and estimation of heterogeneity derived from the Mantel-Haenszel model.(9) The I(2) statistic, an estimate of heterogeneity, was judged low for I(2) less than 50%, borderline heterogeneous 50% to 75%, and unacceptable greater than…”
MethodClinical benefit of neoadjuvant anti‐PD‐1/PD‐L1 utilization among different tumors
Li, Z., Wu, X., Zhao, Y., Xiao, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhang, T., Li, H., Sha, F., Wang, Y., Deng, L., et al. (2021) · MedComm · doi:10.1002/mco2.61 · Cited by 23
“45,46 This meta-analysis is a single-arm analysis, so event rate and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated as evaluation indexes for the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy for complete response rate (CRR), major response rate (MRR), any-grade AEs, and high-grade AEs.”
Pinho, C., Bagatini-PhD, N. C., Lisboa, S., Mello, J., & Cunha, G. D. S. (2024) · BMC Pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s12887-024-04929-2 · Cited by 23
“All analyses were performed using OpenMeta Analyst Software, version 10.10 [35].”
InfluentialLandry, M. J., Senkus, K. E., Mangels, A. R., Guest, N. S., Pawlak, R., Raj, S., Handu, D., & Rozga, M. (2024) · American Journal of Preventive Cardiology · doi:10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100868 · Cited by 29
“Statistical analyses were conducted using OpenMeta [24] and RStudio [25].”
MethodTheodorou, A., Tsantzali, I., Stefanou, M., Sacco, S., Katsanos, A. H., Shoamanesh, A., Karapanayiotides, T., Koutroulou, I., Stamati, P., Werring, D. J., et al. (2024) · European Stroke Journal · doi:10.1177/23969873241260538 · Cited by 25
“25,26 CSF biomarkers of our center participants were reported as mean ± standard deviation.”
Wach, J., Basaran, A. E., Arlt, F., Vychopen, M., Seidel, C., Barrantes‐Freer, A., Müller, W. C., Gaunitz, F., & Güresir, E. (2023) · Acta Neuropathologica Communications · doi:10.1186/s40478-023-01690-y · Cited by 36
Sharma, A., Shanti, H., Nageswaran, H., Best, L. M., & Patel, A. G. (2023) · Obesity Surgery · doi:10.1007/s11695-023-06893-9 · Cited by 25
Hislop, J., Orth, D., Tirosh, O., Isaksson, M., Hensman, C., & McCormick, J. (2023) · Surgical Endoscopy · doi:10.1007/s00464-023-10228-1 · Cited by 24
Is Systemic Immunosuppression a Risk Factor for Oral Cancer? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Patini, R., Cordaro, M., Marchesini, D., Scilla, F., Gioco, G., Rupe, C., D’Agostino, M. A., & Lajolo, C. (2023) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers15123077 · Cited by 25
“OpenMeta-analyst [18] was used to perform all analyses.”
Gordon, C., Adam, G., Jadoul, M., Martin, P., & Balk, E. (2023) · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.12.019 · Cited by 23
Zafar, M. I., Mills, K., Baird, C. D., Jiang, H., & Li, H. (2023) · Drugs · doi:10.1007/s40265-023-01853-0 · Cited by 28
“We undertook univariate and multivariate meta-regression using OpenMetaAnalyst with a random-effects model [50].”
MethodPhotodynamic therapy for skin carcinomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ouyang, Y., Zheng, Y., & Mills, K. E. (2023) · Frontiers in Medicine · doi:10.3389/fmed.2023.1089361 · Cited by 23
Lun, R., Roy, D. C., Hao, Y., Deka, R., Huang, W., Navi, B. B., Siegal, D. M., Ramsay, T., Fergusson, D. A., Shorr, R., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2022.966190 · Cited by 29
“All statistical analyses were performed using the OpenMetaAnalyst software (10, 11).”
MethodEriguchi, T., Takeda, A., Nemoto, T., Tsurugai, Y., Sanuki, N., Tateishi, Y., Kibe, Y., Akiba, T., Inoue, M., Nagashima, K., et al. (2022) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers14153815 · Cited by 23
Szucs, L. E., Harper, C. R., Andrzejewski, J., Barrios, L. C., Robin, L. E., & Hunt, P. C. (2022) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.016 · Cited by 29
“Pooled estimates were obtained using OpenMetaAnalyst which is a meta-analysis utility that provided a graphical user interface for conducting meta-analyses in R [27].”
MethodSneiders, D., van Dijk, A.-B. R. M., Polak, W., Mirza, D., Perera, M., & Hartog, H. (2021) · Transplant International · doi:10.1111/tri.14160 · Cited by 23
“Transplant International published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Steunstichting ESOT data on postoperative complications were pooled with the use of R-statistics and ‘OpenMetaAnalyst’ [16].”
MethodPerini, P., Mariani, E., Fanelli, M., Ucci, A., Rossi, G., Massoni, C. B., & Freyrie, A. (2020) · Vascular and Endovascular Surgery · doi:10.1177/1538574420981812 · Cited by 23
“4 (2-36) 1 0 5 Wolf 2008 10 10 NE NE NE 10 Boules 2006 9 9 NE 2 1 7 Soury (group 2) 2001 12 14 38.”
Jhou, H., Chen, P., Lin, C. S., Yang, L., Lee, C., & Peng, C. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-60636-9 · Cited by 35
Davidson, J., Franklin, D., Kumar, S., Mohammadi, B., Dawas, K., Eaton, S., Curry, J., de Coppi, P., & Abbassi-Ghadi, N. (2019) · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.10.185 · Cited by 23
Pergialiotis, V., Bellos, I., Biliou, E.-C., Varnava, P., Mitsopoulou, D., & Doumouchtsis, S. (2019) · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2019.10.095 · Cited by 23
Induced Abortion: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Dastgiri, S., Yoosefian, M., Garjani, M., & Kalankesh, L. R. (2017) · Materia Socio Medica · doi:10.5455/msm.2017.29.58-67 · Cited by 25
“Meta-analysis was carried out by using OpenMeta (8) version 12.11.14 which is completely open-source and cross platform software for advanced meta-analysis.”
MethodInfluentialWilliams, A. O., Makinde, O., & Ojo, M. (2016) · Global Health Research and Policy · doi:10.1186/s41256-016-0010-y · Cited by 23
Ceban, F., Yan, E., Pivetta, B., Saripella, A., Englesakis, M. F., Gan, T. J., Joshi, G. P., & Chung, F. (2024) · Journal of clinical anesthesia · doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111464 · Cited by 22
Nagata, C. D. A., Garcia, P. A., Hamú, T. C. D. D. S., Caetano, M. B. D., Costa, R. R., Leal, J. C., Bastos, J. A. I., Cadore, E. L., & Durigan, J. L. Q. (2023) · Ageing Research Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.arr.2023.102079 · Cited by 39
Gopinatth, V., Batra, A., Khan, Z. A., Jackson, G., Jawanda, H., Mameri, E., McCormick, J., Knapik, D., Chahla, J., & Verma, N. (2023) · American Journal of Sports Medicine · doi:10.1177/03635465221150507 · Cited by 22
Dimitrijević, V., Šćepanović, T., Milankov, V., Milankov, M., & Drid, P. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19084906 · Cited by 22
“Meta-analysis and statistical analysis were performed using Meta-Analyst software (Brown University) [39].”
MethodWang, T. K. M., Flamm, S. D., Schoenhagen, P., Griffin, B. P., Rodriguez, L. L., Grimm, R. A., & Xu, B. (2021) · Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging · doi:10.1148/ryct.2021210075 · Cited by 27
“edu/openmeta/) was used to pool the mean AVCS for patients with severe AS, nonsevere AS, moderate AS, and mild AS where reported (11).”
MethodGuo, S.-Y., Gao, W., Cheng, W., Liang, C.-S., & Wu, A. (2020) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2020.540911 · Cited by 22
Johnson, M., Albizri, A., & Jain, R. (2020) · Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education · doi:10.1111/dsji.12195 · Cited by 24
Kumar, P., & Rai, V. (2019) · Metabolic Brain Disease · doi:10.1007/s11011-019-00495-0 · Cited by 36
Dental implants in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: a case series and a systematic review.
Chrcanovic, B., Kisch, J., & Wennerberg, A. (2019) · International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery · doi:10.1016/j.ijom.2019.02.005 · Cited by 22
“, Chicago, IL, USA) and the software OpenMeta[Analyst].(9)”
The effect of litter materials on broiler performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Toledo, T. S., Pich, C., Roll, A. P., Prá, M. A. D., Leite, F. L., Xavier, E., & Roll, V. (2019) · British Poultry Science · doi:10.1080/00071668.2019.1639143 · Cited by 22
Metadata
- Authors
- Wallace, B. C., Dahabreh, I. J., Trikalinos, T. A., Lau, J., Trow, P., & Schmid, C. H.
- Affiliations
- Tufts University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Statistical Software
- Publisher
- Foundation for Open Access Statistic
- Published
- 2012
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 1548-7660 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2120771911
- Cited by
- 1,125
- References
- 27
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- 2026: 50 · 2025: 89 · 2024: 115 · 2023: 105 · 2022: 127 · 2021: 143 · 2020: 133 · 2019: 94 · 2018: 76 · 2017: 68 · 2016: 65 · 2015: 37 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 18.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Statistical Software (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Data Analysis with R
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Keywords
- R, meta-analysis software, graphical user interface, Python, open source software, software integration, statistical software development, non-technical users
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