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  1. Large language models for automated PRISMA 2020 adherence checking

    Article • International Journal of Medical Informatics, October 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  2. A Scoping Review of Nonverbal Synchrony Between Individuals With Social Anxiety and Others

    Article • Psychological Reports, July 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  3. Increasing the transparency and reproducibility of systematic-review protocols: structure-enforced, version-controlled templates for intervention, scoping, diagnostic test accuracy, and network meta-analysis reviews

    Article • June 2026, Center for Open Science

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  4. Increasing the transparency and reproducibility of systematic-review protocols: structure-enforced, version-controlled templates for intervention, scoping, and diagnostic test accuracy reviews

    Article • June 2026, Center for Open Science

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  5. Effectiveness of a Fully Online Scientific Research Works Peer Support Group Model for Research Capacity Building Through Conducting Systematic Reviews Among Health Care Professionals: Retrospective Cohort Studies

    Article • JMIR Medical Education, October 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  6. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) versus placebo for people with schizophrenia

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, September 2025, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  7. Comparative efficacy and safety of intravenous racemic ketamine, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy for Stage 2 or higher treatment‐resistant depression: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis

    Article • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  8. Effectiveness of a Fully Online SRWS-PSG Model for Research Capacity Building through Conducting Systematic Reviews Among Healthcare Professionals: A Retrospective Cohort Study (Preprint)

    Article • June 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  9. Optimal Dose of Baclofen for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-analysis

    Article • CNS Drugs, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  10. Whole‐genome sequencing analysis of Japanese autism spectrum disorder trios

    Article • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  11. Prevalence of depression or depressive state in patients with restless legs syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Sleep Medicine Reviews, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  12. Revisiting the use of high flow nasal cannula in acute exacerbation of COPD and conclusion of trial

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  13. Efficacy and safety of alcohol reduction pharmacotherapy according to treatment duration in patients with alcohol dependence or alcohol use disorder: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis

    Article • Addiction, January 2024, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  14. Development of meta-prompts for Large Language Models to screen titles and abstracts for diagnostic test accuracy reviews

    Article • November 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  15. An open competition involving thousands of competitors failed to construct useful abstract classifiers for new diagnostic test accuracy systematic reviews

    Article • Research Synthesis Methods, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  16. Association of visceral adipose tissue with postoperative outcome in upper gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  17. Letter to the Editor Regarding a Multicentric Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Study on the Efficacy and Safety of Reparixin in the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia

    Article • Infectious Diseases and Therapy, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  18. Retracted randomized controlled trials were cited and not corrected in systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  19. Unclear Insomnia Concept in Randomized Controlled Trials and Systematic Reviews: A Meta-Epidemiological Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  20. Efficacy of albumin with diuretics in mechanically ventilated patients with hypoalbuminemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Medicine, September 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  21. protocol_template_for_intervention_review v2

    Article • August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  22. Ecology of Medical Care

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  23. Beta-lactam allergy and drug challenge test in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Pediatric Research, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  24. Treatment‐resistant schizophrenia in patients with 3q29 deletion: A case series of four patients

    Article • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  25. Unclear insomnia types in randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews: the protocol for a meta-epidemiological study v2

    Article • March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  26. Unclear insomnia types in randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews: the protocol for a meta-epidemiological study v3

    Article • March 2022, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  27. Unclear insomnia types in randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews: the protocol for a meta-epidemiological study v2

    Article • March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  28. Unclear insomnia types in randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews: the protocol for a meta-epidemiological study v2

    Article • March 2022, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  29. Unclear insomnia types in randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews: the protocol for a meta-epidemiological study v1

    Article • March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  30. Concerns with potential bias in the open-labelled randomized clinical trial for education

    Article • Seizure, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  31. Letter regarding “Open reduction and internal fixation alone versus open reduction and internal fixation plus total hip arthroplasty for displaced acetabular fractures in patients older than 60 years: A prospective clinical trial”

    Article • Injury, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  32. The impact of retracted randomised controlled trials on systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines: a meta-epidemiological study

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  33. The inclusion of outcomes in search strategies for Cochrane Reviews: authors’ reply

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  34. Below- or above-elbow immobilization in conservative treatment of distal radius fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Injury, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  35. Diagnostic accuracy of pelvic imaging for acute pelvic inflammatory disease in an emergency care setting: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • Acute Medicine & Surgery, January 2022, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  36. Proportion of Systematic Review Protocols Registered Outside of the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO): A Short Report

    Article • Annals of Clinical Epidemiology, January 2022, Society for Clinical Epidemiology

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  37. Gestational diabetes mellitus in women born small or preterm: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Endocrine, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  38. Differences in the prevalence of positive penicillin allergy test results in children and adults

    Article • Postgraduate Medicine, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  39. Association of low birthweight and premature birth with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, September 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  40. Efficacy of Underwater Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Nonpedunculated Colorectal Polyps: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Cureus, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  41. Outcomes of Simulation-Based Education for Vascular Access: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Cureus, August 2021, Cureus, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  42. Need for More Randomized Controlled Trials With Rigorous Methodology to Confirm That Ivermectin Is Not a Viable Option for the Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  43. High-Dose Compared With Standard-Dose Oxytocin Regimens to Augment Labor in Nulliparous Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • Obstetrics and Gynecology, August 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  44. Around ten percent of most recent Cochrane reviews included outcomes in their literature search strategy and were associated with potentially exaggerated results: A research-on-research study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  45. Cement augmentation of internal fixation for trochanteric fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  46. How is the practice to use the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomised Studies - of Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool in systematic reviews: a meta-epidemiological study protocol v1

    Article • July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  47. Diagnostic accuracy of pelvic imaging for acute pelvic inflammatory disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis v1

    Article • June 2021, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  48. Sleep fragmentation and working memory in healthy adults

    Article • Sleep Science, June 2021, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  49. Efficacy and safety of drug therapy aimed at reducing alcohol consumption in the treatment of alcohol dependence or alcohol use disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis v1

    Article • May 2021, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  50. Does statistical difference in the pre/post-quasi-experimental study mean the utility of multimodal educational intervention in targeted normoxia in critically ill trauma patients?

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, May 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  51. Efficacy and safety of drug therapy aimed at reducing alcohol consumption in the treatment of alcohol dependence or alcohol use disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis v1

    Article • May 2021, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  52. High-Dose Compared With Standard-Dose Oxytocin Regimens to Augment Labor in Nulliparous Women

    Article • Obstetrics and Gynecology, May 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  53. Correspondence on ‘Statistical review: frequently given comments’

    Article • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, March 2021, BMJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  54. Neonatal jaundice, phototherapy and childhood allergic diseases: An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  55. How many systematic reviews include outcomes in their search strategy and acknowledge the limitation? A meta-epidemiological review v2

    Article • February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  56. A model six-month workshop for developing systematic review protocols at teaching hospitals: action research and scholarly productivity

    Article • BMC Medical Education, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  57. CAST-HSROC: A Web Application for Calculating the Summary Points of Diagnostic Test Accuracy From the Hierarchical Summary Receiver Operating Characteristic Model

    Article • Cureus, February 2021, Cureus, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  58. How many systematic reviews include outcomes in their search strategy and acknowledge the limitation? A meta-epidemiological review v1

    Article • February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  59. Did lidocaine indeed significantly contribute to the reduction of opioid consumption in the treatment of background pain after burns in this randomized controlled trial?

    Article • Burns, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  60. Transesophageal Echocardiography Simulator Training

    Article • Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, January 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  61. Assessment of the impact on future risk of diseases associated with low birth weight: overview of reviews v1

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  62. Performance of an ambulatory electroencephalogram sleep monitor in patients with psychiatric disorders

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  63. The efficacy of albumin with diuretics in the mechanically ventilated patients with hypoalbuminemia : systematic review and meta-analysis v1

    Article • November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  64. Comment on Das et al.

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  65. The impact of antibiotics on the metabolic status of obese adults without bacterial infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, September 2020, AME Publishing Company

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  66. Efficacy of Underwater EMR for non-pedunculated colorectal lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol v1

    Article • August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  67. Underestimating hypoactive delirium?

    Article • Journal of Anesthesia, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  68. The majority of reporting guidelines are not developed with the Delphi method: a systematic review of reporting guidelines

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  69. Using the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to identify clinical trial registration is insufficient: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  70. Efficacy of Simulation-Based Education for intravascular catheterization :protocol for a systematic review and meta- analysis v1

    Article • July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  71. protocol_template_for_intervention_review v1

    Article • July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  72. Do the proportion of protocol registrations about systematic reviews outside PROSPERO in medical and biomedical sciences increase over the years?: a meta-epidemiological study protocol v1

    Article • June 2020, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  73. Videolaryngoscopy for transesophageal echocardiography probe insertion: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Article • Journal of Anesthesia, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  74. Commentary: High Intensity Physical Rehabilitation Later Than 24 h Post Stroke Is Beneficial in Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Study in Mild to Moderate Ischemic Stroke

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, March 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  75. Risk of overestimating treatment effects and generalisability of computer-based tailored dietary counselling

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, February 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  76. Letter regarding “Radiation exposure during direct versus indirect image acquisition during fluoroscopy-controlled internal fixation of a hip fracture: Results of a randomized controlled trial”

    Article • Injury, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  77. How comprehensive is the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for identifying clinical trial registration?: the protocol of a diagnostic study

    Article • January 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  78. Concerns with Vitamin D Supplementation and Synthesis for Cardiorespiratory Function

    Article • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, January 2020, Karger Publishers

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  79. Studies registered in non-ClinicalTrials.gov accounted for an increasing proportion of protocol registrations in medical research

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  80. Obstacle avoidance training for individuals with stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2019, BMJ

    Daisuke Muroi, Dr Masahiro Banno

  81. Correction to: Voice rehabilitation for laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  82. Diarrhea and patient outcomes in the intensive care unit: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Critical Care, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  83. Response to the Letter to the Editor regarding the article by Taito et al. “Voice rehabilitation for laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis”

    Article • European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  84. Correction: Rehabilitation for patients with sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • PLOS One, August 2019, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  85. Humour-based interventions for people with schizophrenia

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  86. Does enhanced physical rehabilitation following intensive care unit discharge improve outcomes in patients who received mechanical ventilation? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2019, BMJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  87. Voice rehabilitation for laryngeal cancer after radiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  88. Reporting quality of the Delphi technique in reporting guidelines: a protocol for a systematic analysis of the EQUATOR Network Library

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2019, BMJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  89. Attribution of non-ClinicalTrials.gov registries among WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform-registered trials from 2014 to 2018: A protocol for a meta-epidemiological study

    Article • March 2019, PeerJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  90. Non-ClinicalTrials.gov registries' share among WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

    Article • October 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  91. Attribution of non-ClinicalTrials.gov registries among WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform-registered trials from 2014 to 2018: A protocol for a meta-epidemiological study

    Article • October 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  92. Effects of hypnotics on prefrontal cortex activity during a verbal fluency task in healthy male subjects: A near-infrared spectroscopy study

    Article • Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  93. Rehabilitation for patients with sepsis

    Article • PLOS One, July 2018, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  94. Exercise can improve sleep quality

    Article • PeerJ, July 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  95. Influence of sleep duration on cortical oxygenation in elderly individuals

    Article • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  96. Effect of Adjunctive Aripiprazole on Sexual Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Open-Label Study

    Article • Pharmacopsychiatry, September 2016, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  97. Association study of BCL9 gene polymorphism rs583583 with schizophrenia and negative symptoms in Japanese population

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  98. Impaired cortical oxygenation is related to mood disturbance resulting from three nights of sleep restriction

    Article • Sleep and Biological Rhythms, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  99. Resequencing and Association Analysis of PTPRA, a Possible Susceptibility Gene for Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  100. Identification of Rare, Single-Nucleotide Mutations in NDE1 and Their Contributions to Schizophrenia Susceptibility

    Article • Schizophrenia Bulletin, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  101. Novel rare variants in F-box protein 45 (FBXO45) in schizophrenia

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  102. Common Variants in BCL9 Gene and Schizophrenia in a Japanese Population: Association Study, Meta-Analysis and Cognitive Function Analysis / UOBIČAJENE VARIJANTE BCL9 GENA I ŠIZOFRENIJA U JAPANSKOJ POPULACIJI: ŠTUDIJA POVEZANOSTI, METAANALIZA I ANALIZA ...

    Article • Journal of Medical Biochemistry, October 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  103. Correction: Common Variants in MAGI2 Gene Are Associated with Increased Risk for Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenic Patients

    Article • PLOS One, September 2012, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  104. A closer look at deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome: Psychiatric and cognitive assessment

    Article • Neuropsychiatrie de l Enfance et de l Adolescence, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  105. Common Variants in MAGI2 Gene Are Associated with Increased Risk for Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenic Patients

    Article • PLOS One, May 2012, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  106. Evaluation of Factors Affecting Continuous Performance Test Identical Pairs Version Score of Schizophrenic Patients in a Japanese Clinical Sample

    Article • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  107. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and clinical and sociodemographic correlates in Schizophrenia

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  108. Case Control Association Study of Neuropilin and Tolloid-Like 1 Gene (NETO1) and Schizophrenia

    Article • PLOS One, December 2011, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Banno

  109. Edaravone prevents oxidative neurotoxicity induced by peroxynitrite and activated microglia

    Article • Neuropharmacology, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Masahiro Banno