An exploratory study of citations in systematic reviews of randomized trials published in Latin American journals.

Introduction: The prevalence of inclusion of randomized controlled trials published in Latin American journals has not been evaluated yet. This study explores the extent to which randomized trials published in Latin American medical journals are cited and used in systematic reviews.

Methods: We did a descriptive observational study on randomized trials published in MEDLINE-indexed Latin American journals from 2010 to 2015.