%0 Journal Article
%T Progress and challenges of network meta-analysis.
%A Tian J
%A Gao Y
%A Zhang J
%A Yang Z
%A Dong S
%A Zhang T
%A Sun F
%A Wu S
%A Wu J
%A Wang J
%A Yao L
%A Ge L
%A Li L
%A Shi C
%A Wang Q
%A Li J
%A Zhao Y
%A Xiao Y
%A Yang F
%A Fan J
%A Bao S
%A Song F
%J J Evid Based Med
%V 14
%N 3
%D Sep 2021
%M 34463038
%F 6.224
%R 10.1111/jebm.12443
%X In the past years, network meta-analysis (NMA) has been widely used among clinicians, guideline makers, and health technology assessment agencies and has played an important role in clinical decision-making and guideline development. To inform further development of NMAs, we conducted a bibliometric analysis to assess the current status of published NMA methodological studies, summarized the methodological progress of seven types of NMAs, and discussed the current challenges of NMAs.