Dr. Julian Hirt

Vogt, Magdalena, Helfenberger, Nicole, Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian, Adlbrecht, Laura, & Hirt, Julian. (2025). Non-pharmaceutical interventions for persons living with young-onset dementia and their informal caregivers: a systematic review with meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.04.25335102

Hirt, J., Pieper, D., Becker, M., Breuing, J., Marshall, M. R., & Goossen, K. (2025). Clinical study report data did not substantially alter point estimates but improved precision in a nephrology systematic review. 185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111890

Taji Heravi, A., Gryaznov, D., Busse, J. W., Schönenberger, C. M., von Niederhäusern, B., Hausheer, L., Covino, M., Schwenke, J. M., Epp, S., Griessbach, A., Chiaborelli, M., Agarwal, A., Lohner, S., Hirt, J., Schandelmaier, S., Egli, S. B., Makhele, M. A., Amstutz, A., Mertz, D., et al. (2025). Metaresearch on patient-reported outcomes in trial protocols and results publications suggested large outcome reporting bias. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111822

Muente, C., Pachanov, A., Hirt, J., Ayiku, L., & Pieper, D. (2025). Geographic search filters: promising tools for contextualizing research. 23(8), 1511–1513. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-25-00344

Muente, Catharina, Pachanov, Alexander, Hirt, Julian, Ayiku, Lynda, & Pieper, Dawid. (2025). Validated geographic search filters for bibliographic databases: A scoping review. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 23(8), 1514–1535. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-24-00395

Bianchi, J., Hirt, J., Vogt, M., & Vetsch, J. (2025). Data Extractions Using a Large Language Model (Elicit) and Human Reviewers in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Comparison [Journal-article]. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/cesm.70033

Bauernschmidt, Dorothee, Wittmann, Janina, Hirt, Julian, Meyer, Gabriele, & Bieber, Anja. (2025). Applying qualitative comparative analysis in a systematic review: Lessons learned. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2025.03.013

Boesen, K., Hemkens, L., Janiaud, P., & Hirt, J. (2025). Machine-Learning Assisted Screening for Evidence Synthesis: A Case Study of Using the ASReview Tool [Posted-content]. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5125681

Pachanov, A., Muente, C., Hirt, J., & Pieper, D. (2025). Translation and validation of a geographic search filter to identify studies about Germany in Embase (Ovid) and MEDLINE(R) ALL (Ovid). https://doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2025.10016

Ulmann, R., Zeller, A., & Hirt, J. (2025). Self-rated health of emergency nurses—a cross-sectional study Subjektive Gesundheit von Notfallpflegefachpersonen – eine Querschnittstudie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-025-01566-9

Boesen, K., Hirt, J., Woelfle, T., Moscosio-Cuevas, J. I., Olsen, O., Klingenberg, S. L., & Gluud, C. (2024). How to search for evidence to answer clinical questions: pragmatic guidance for healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/bpxfv

Heinen, Lena, Goossen, Käthe, Lunny, Carole, Hirt, Julian, Puljak, Livia, & Pieper, Dawid. (2024). The optimal approach for retrieving systematic reviews was achieved when searching MEDLINE and Epistemonikos in addition to reference checking: a methodological validation study. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02384-2

Jagoda, Franziska Anushi, Hirt, Julian, Mueller, Claudia, & Halek, Margareta. (2024). Involvement of family caregivers in dementia care research: a scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02696-w

Muente, Catharina, Pachanov, Alexander, Hirt, Julian, Hoffmann, Falk, Palm, Rebecca, Munschek, Silvan, & Pieper, Dawid. (2024). Use and application of geographical restrictions in systematic reviews with the aim of including studies about Germany: An update of a methodological review. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 41(4), 339–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12555

Skudlik, Stefanie, Hirt, Julian, Döringer, Tobias, Thalhammer, Regina, Lüftl, Katharina, & Müller, Martin. (2024). Reply to Commentary to Skudlik et al. (2023): why a scoping review and why only Germany? BMC Nursing, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02078-6

Boesen, K., Hemkens, L. G., Janiaud, P., & Hirt, J. (2024). Publicly available continuously updated topic specific databases of randomised clinical trials: A scoping review [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.18.24317477

Pachanov, Alexander, Münte, Catharina, Hirt, Julian, & Pieper, Dawid. (2024). Development and validation of a geographic search filter for MEDLINE (PubMed) to identify studies about Germany. Research Synthesis Methods, 15(6), 1147–1160. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1763

Vanmeenen, M., Hirt, J., Malfait, S., & Möhler, R. (2024). Comparing different scoping and mapping review methodologies: A practical example using the nursing mobile workstation. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 56(6), 802–814. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.13005

Woelfle, Tim, Hirt, Julian, Janiaud, Perrine, Kappos, Ludwig, Ioannidis, John P.A., & Hemkens, Lars G. (2024). Benchmarking Human–AI collaboration for common evidence appraisal tools. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111533

Wikelski, M., Quetting, M., Bates, J., Berger-Wolf, T., Bohrer, G., Börger, L., Chapple, T., Crofoot, M. C., Davidson, S. C., Dechmann, D. K. N., Ellis-Soto, D., Ellwood, E. R., Fiedler, W., Flack, A., Fruth, B., Franconi, N., Havmøller, R. W., Hirt, J., Hussey, N. E., et al. (2024). Introducing a unique animal ID and digital life history museum for wildlife metadata. 15(10), 1777–1788. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14407

Niederberger, Marlen, Schifano, Julia, Deckert, Stefanie, Hirt, Julian, Homberg, Angelika, Köberich, Stefan, Kuhn, Rainer, Rommel, Alexander, Sonnberger, Marco, Alam, M., Backman, C., Banno, M., Bartoszko, J., Bloomfield, F., Bober, M.B., Chalkoo, M., Chan, T.M., Chen, Y., Coscia, C., et al. (2024). Delphi studies in social and health sciences—Recommendations for an interdisciplinary standardized reporting (DELPHISTAR). Results of a Delphi study. PLoS ONE, 19(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304651

Angelika Homberg, Julian Hirt, Marlen Niederberger, Michael Härder, Horst Christian Vollmar, Kerstin Cuhls, Karin Reiber, & Jutta Mohr. (2024). Kann Delphi nur Zukunftsforschung? – Ein Blick in die Gesundheitswissenschaften. Zeitschrift Für Zukunftsforschung, 1–38. https://doi.org/10.63370/zfz.v12i1.7

Hirt, Julian, Dembowska, Kinga, Woelfle, Tim, Axfors, Cathrine, Granziera, Cristina, Kuhle, Jens, Kappos, Ludwig, Hemkens, Lars G., & Janiaud, Perrine. (2024). Clinical trial evidence of quality-of-life effects of disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis: a systematic analysis. Journal of Neurology, 271(6), 3131–3141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12366-5

Hirt, Julian, Vetsch, Janine, Weissenfels, Inga, & Heinrich, Steffen. (2024). Nurse-led physical activity interventions for people with dementia in nursing homes: A systematic review on intervention characteristics and implementation facilitators/barriers. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104756

Boesen, K, Hirt, J, Düblin, P, Läubli, H, Kassenda, B, Hemkens, LG, & Janiaud, P. (2024). Rationale and design of the Cancer Immunotherapy Evidence Living (CIEL) Library: A continuously updated clinical trial database of cancer immunotherapies [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.26.24306436

Woelfle, Tim, Hirt, Julian, Janiaud, Perrine, Kappos, Ludwig, Ioannidis, John P. A., & Hemkens, Lars G. (2024). Benchmarking Human-AI Collaboration for Common Evidence Appraisal Tools [Posted-content]. In medRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.21.24306137

Alonso, Ana Karen Macias, Hirt, Julian, Woelfle, Tim, Janiaud, Perrine, & Hemkens, Lars G. (2024). Definitions of digital biomarkers: a systematic mapping of the biomedical literature. BMJ Health and Care Informatics, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2023-100914

Eppel-Meichlinger, Jasmin, Cartaxo, Ana, Clement, Theresa, Hirt, Julian, Wallner, Martin, & Mayer, Hanna. (2024). (How) Do We Theorize?: A Focused Mapping Review and Synthesis of Theoretical Nursing Research in the German-Speaking Area. Advances in Nursing Science, 47(2), E58–E74. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000498

Hirt, Julian, Janiaud, Perrine, Düblin, Pascal, Nicoletti, Giovanni Jacopo, Dembowska, Kinga, Nguyen, Thao Vy Thi, Woelfle, Tim, Axfors, Cathrine, Yaldizli, Özgür, Granziera, Cristina, Kuhle, Jens, Kappos, Ludwig, & Hemkens, Lars G. (2024). Use of pragmatic randomized trials in multiple sclerosis: A systematic overview. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 30(4-5), 463–478. https://doi.org/10.1177/13524585231221938

Muente, Catharina, Pachanov, Alexander, Hirt, Julian, Ayiku, Lynda, & Pieper, Dawid. (2024). Validated geographic search filters for bibliographic databases: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 22(3), 441–446. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-23-00445

Jagoda, Franziska Anushi, Hirt, Julian, Mueller, Claudia, & Halek, Margareta. (2024). Involvement of family caregivers in dementia care research: a scoping review protocol [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3292528/v1

Hirt, Julian, Ewald, Hannah, Briel, Matthias, & Schandelmaier, Stefan. (2024). Searching a methods topic: practical challenges and implications for search design. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.017

Bauernschmidt, Dorothee, Wittmann, Janina, Hirt, Julian, Meyer, Gabriele, & Bieber, Anja. (2024). The Implementation Success of Technology-Based Counseling in Dementia Care: Scoping Review. JMIR Aging, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.2196/51544

Beer, Thomas, Hirt, Julian, Adlbrecht, Laura, Lindwedel, Ulrike, Dammert, Matthias, Maurer, Carola, Kliegel, Matthias, König, Peter, & Bleses, Helma M. (2024). Exploring the Experiences of Times Without Care and Encounters in Persons With Dementia in the Swiss and German Nursing Home and Domiciliary Care Settings: Protocol for an Ethnographic Multimethods Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 13. https://doi.org/10.2196/58190

Hirt, J., Beer, T., Cavalli, S., Cereghetti, S., Pusterla, E. R. G., & Zeller, A. (2024). Recruiting Persons With Dementia: A Systematic Review of Facilitators, Barriers, and Strategies. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 39. https://doi.org/10.1177/15333175241276443

Hirt, Julian, Nordhausen, Thomas, Fuerst, Thomas, Ewald, Hannah, Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian, & on behalf of the TARCiS study group. (2024). Guidance on terminology, application, and reporting of citation searching: the TARCiS statement. BMJ, 385. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078384

Jäger, Peter, Hirt, Julian, Nordhausen, Thomas, Vetsch, Janine, Balzer, Katrin, Dichter, Martin N., Müller, Gerhard, Schley, Angelika, & Neyer, Stefanie. (2024). Evidence-based practice in Bachelor of Nursing programmes in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland: A survey of general conditions, teaching content and methods. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2024.01.006

Hirt, Julian, Janiaud, Perrine, Düblin, Pascal, & Hemkens, Lars G. (2023). Meta-research on pragmatism of randomized trials: rationale and design of the PragMeta database. Trials, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07474-y

Hirt, J., Khanteymoori, A., Hohenhaus, M., Kopp, M. A., Howells, D. W., Schwab, J. M., & Watzlawick, R. (2023). Inhibition of the Nogo-pathway in experimental spinal cord injury: a meta-analysis of 76 experimental treatments. 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49260-5

Skudlik, Stefanie, Hirt, Julian, Döringer, Tobias, Thalhammer, Regina, Lüftl, Katharina, Prodinger, Birgit, & Müller, Martin. (2023). Challenges and care strategies associated with the admission to nursing homes in Germany: a scoping review. BMC Nursing, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-01139-y

Hirt, Julian, Nordhausen, Thomas, Fuerst, Thomas, Ewald, Hannah, & Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian. (2023, October 26). The TARCiS statement: Guidance on terminology, application, and reporting of citation searching [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.25.23297543

Hirt, Julian, Adlbrecht, Laura, Maurer, Carola, & Beer, Thomas. (2023). Exploring experiences of times without care and encounters in dementia: protocol for a living and adaptive evidence map. BMJ Open, 13(9). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075664

Jasmin Eppel-Meichlinger, & Julian Hirt. (2023). Evidenzsynthesen: “Focused Mapping Review and Synthesis” als weiteres Mitglied einer Reviewfamilie? GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information. https://doi.org/10.3205/mbi000555

Alonso, A. K. M., Hirt, J., Woelfle, T., Janiaud, P., & Hemkens, L. G. (2023). Definitions of digital biomarkers: a systematic mapping of the biomedical literature [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.01.23294897

Heinen, L., Goossen, K., Lunny, C., Hirt, J., Puljak, L., & Pieper, D. (2023). The optimal approach for retrieving systematic reviews was achieved when searching MEDLINE and Epistemonikos in addition to reference checking: A methodological validation study. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3271529/v1

Ebrahimi, Fahim, Hirt, Julian, Schönenberger, Christof, Ewald, Hannah, Briel, Matthias, Janiaud, Perrine, & Hemkens, Lars G. (2023). Colchicine for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD014808

Bauernschmidt, D., Wittmann, J., Hirt, J., Meyer, G., & Bieber, A. (2023). The Implementation Success of Technology-Based Counseling in Dementia Care: Scoping Review (Preprint) [Posted-content]. JMIR Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.51544

Gloy, Viktoria, Schmitt, Andreas M., Düblin, Pascal, Hirt, Julian, Axfors, Cathrin, Kuk, Hanna, Pereira, Tiago V., Locher, Clara, Caquelin, Laura, Walter-Claudi, Martin, Lythgoe, Mark P., Herbrand, Amanda, Kasenda, Benjamin, & Hemkens, Lars G. (2023). The evidence base of US Food and Drug Administration approvals of novel cancer therapies from 2000 to 2020. International Journal of Cancer, 152(12), 2474–2484. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34473

Hirt, Julian, Janiaud, Perrine, Gloy, Viktoria Luise, Schandelmaier, Stefan, Pereira, Tiago V., Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Despina, Goodman, Steven N., Ioannidis, John, Munkholm, Klaus, & Hemkens, Lars G. (2023). Robustness of reported postacute health outcomes in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 108(6), 498–505. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324455

Ewald, H., Appenzeller-Herzog, C., Hirt, J., & Nordhausen, T. (2023). Citation tracking for systematic literature searching: a scoping review (MEDLINE). [Journal-article]. searchRxiv, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1079/searchrxiv.2023.00109

Bauernschmidt, Dorothee, Hirt, Julian, Langer, Gero, Meyer, Gabriele, Unverzagt, Susanne, Wilde, Fabian, Wittmann, Janina, & Bieber, Anja. (2023). Technology-Based Counselling for People with Dementia and Their Informal Carers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease : JAD, 93(3), 891–906. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-221194

Hirt, J., Schönenberger, C. M., Ewald, H., Lawson, D. O., Papola, D., Rohner, R., Suter, K., Lin, S., Germini, F., Zeng, L., Shahabinezhad, A., Chowdhury, S. R., Gao, Y., Bhattacharjee, A., Lima, J. P., Marusic, A., Buljan, I., Agarwal, A., Guyatt, G. H., et al. (2023). Introducing the Library of Guidance for Health Scientists (LIGHTS): a living database for methods guidance. JAMA Netw Open, 6(2), e2253198. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.53198

Hirt, Julian, Nordhausen, Thomas, Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian, & Ewald, Hannah. (2023). Citation tracking for systematic literature searching: A scoping review. Research Synthesis Methods, 14(3), 563–579. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1635

Hirt, J., Weissenfels, I., Vetsch, J., & Heinrich, S. (2023). Nurse-Led Physical Activity Interventions for People with Dementia in Nursing Homes:A Systematic Review on Intervention Characteristics and Implementation Facilitators/Barriers [Posted-content]. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4388294

Eppel-Meichlinger, J., Cartaxo, A., Clement, T., Hirt, J., Wallner, M., & Mayer, H. (2022). (How) Do we theorize? A focused mapping review and synthesis of theoretical nursing research in the German-speaking area of Europe [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.21.22283767

Hirt, Julian, Ewald, Hannah, Briel, Matthias, & Schandelmaier, Stefan. (2022). Library of Guidance for Health Scientists (LIGHTS): Eine neue Datenbank für methodische Leitlinien in der klinischen Forschung. GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.3205/mbi000546

Hirt J, Adlbrecht L, Heinrich S, & Zeller A. (2022). Staff-to-resident abuse in nursing homes: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 563. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03243-9

Hirt J, Janiaud P, & Hemkens LG. (2022). Clinical trial research agenda on COVID-19 - the first two years in Germany and beyond. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen, 174, 32–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2022.08.003

Hirt, J., Nordhausen, T., Appenzeller-Herzog, C., & Ewald, H. (2022, September 29). Citation tracking for systematic literature searching: a scoping review [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.29.22280494

Hirt J, Ewald H, Lawson DO, Hemkens LG, Briel M, & Schandelmaier S. (2022). A systematic survey of methods guidance suggests areas for improvement regarding access, development, and transparency. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 149, 217–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.05.005

Abraham, Jens, Hirt, Julian, Richter, Christin, Köpke, Sascha, Meyer, Gabriele, & Möhler, Ralph. (2022). Interventions for preventing and reducing the use of physical restraints of older people in general hospital settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012476.pub2

Hirt, J., Janiaud, P., Gloy, V., Schandelmaier, S., Pereira, T. V., Contopoulos-Ioannidis, D. G., Goodman, S. N., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Munkholm, K., & Hemkens, L. G. (2022). Validity of reported post-acute health outcomes in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.18.22272582

Hirt , J., Vetsch, J., Haug, S., & Nordhausen, T. (2022). Studien: gesucht - gefunden [Journal-article]. Pflegezeitschrift, 75(4), 41–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41906-021-1199-z

Hirt J, Janiaud P, & Hemkens LG. (2022). Randomized trials on non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19: a scoping review. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 27(6), 334–344. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2021-111825

Hirt J., Vetsch J., & Heinrich S. (2021). Facilitators and barriers to implement nurse-led physical activities for people with dementia in nursing homes: A protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ Open, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056353

Hirt, J., Adlbrecht, L., Heinrich, S., & Zeller, A. (2021). Staff-to-Residence Abuse in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1121281/v1

Hirt J, Langer G, Wilde F, Bauernschmidt D, Meyer G, & Bieber A. (2021). Technology-based counselling in dementia (TeCoDem): Study protocol of a mixed-methods systematic review with qualitative comparative analysis and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(12), e054157. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054157

Hirt, Julian, & Beer, Thomas. (2021). Abschlusseditorial. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen, 167, 86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2021.11.001

Hirt, Julian, Karrer, Melanie, Adlbrecht, Laura, Saxer, Susi, & Zeller, Adelheid. (2021). Facilitators and barriers to implement nurse-led interventions in long-term dementia care: a qualitative interview study with Swiss nursing experts and managers. BMC Geriatrics, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02120-1

Hirt, J., Janiaud, P., & Hemkens, L. G. (2021). Randomized trials on non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 as of August 2021: a meta-epidemiological analysis [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.20.21261687

Hirt, J., Nordhausen, T., Appenzeller-Herzog, C., & Ewald, H. (2021). Using citation tracking for systematic literature searching - study protocol for a scoping review of methodological studies and a Delphi study [Journal-article]. F1000Research, 9, 1386. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27337.2

Hanf, M., Hirt, J., & Van Den Akker, M. (2021). Primary care professionals’ attitudes towards digital health interventions for common mental disorders: Study protocol for a mixed methods systematic review. BMJ Open, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045657

Schley, A., Hirt, J., Horstmannshoff, C., Schüssler, S., Lutze, M., Jagoda, F., Häussl, A., Müller, M., & Balzer, K. (2021). Evaluation von digitalen Assistenzsystemen für die Pflege in öffentlich geförderten Forschungsprojekten in Deutschland, Österreich und der deutschsprachigen Schweiz (EvaDigiAssSys): ein Survey [Journal-article]. Pflege &Amp; Gesellschaft, 2, 131–155. https://doi.org/10.3262/pug2102131

Hirt, Julian, Bergmann, Johannes, & Karrer, Melanie. (2021). Overlaps of multiple database retrieval and citation tracking in dementia care research: A methodological study. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 109(2), 275–285. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2021.1129

Schnelli, A., Hirt, J., Gruber, C., & Beer, T. (2021). Technikunterstützte Didaktik im Dementia Care-Bereich [Journal-article]. Padua, 16(2), 105–110. https://doi.org/10.1024/1861-6186/a000608

Hirt, J., Meichlinger, J., Schumacher, P., & Mueller, G. (2021). Agreement in Risk of Bias Assessment Between RobotReviewer and Human Reviewers: An Evaluation Study on Randomised Controlled Trials in Nursing-Related Cochrane Reviews. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 53(2), 246–254. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12628

Schnelli, A., Hirt, J., & Zeller, A. (2021). Persons with dementia as internet users: what are their needs? A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(5-6), 849–860. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15629

Gentizon, Jenny, Hirt, Julian, Jaques, Cécile, Lang, Pierre-Olivier, & Mabire, Cedric. (2021). Instruments assessing medication literacy in adult recipients of care: A systematic review of measurement properties. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103785

Hirt, Julian, Ballhausen, Nicola, Hering, Alexandra, Kliegel, Matthias, Beer, Thomas, & Meyer, Gabriele. (2021). Social robot interventions for people with dementia: A systematic review on effects and quality of reporting. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 79(2), 773–792. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200347

Hirt, Julian, Meyer, Gabriele, & Beer, Thomas. (2021). Options for using assistive technologies for people with dementia in Switzerland: a qualitative interview study with experts. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen, 166, 69–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2021.09.002

Hirt, Julian, Rasadurai, Abeelan, Briel, Matthias, Düblin, Pascal, Janiaud, Perrine, & Hemkens, Lars G. (2021). Clinical trial research on COVID-19 in Germany - a systematic analysis. F1000Research, 10, 913. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.55541.1

Hirt, Julian, & Beer, Thomas. (2020). Editorial: Von Krisen und Möglichkeiten: Technikunterstützung in der Pflege, Therapie und Rehabilitation von älteren Personen. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen, 158-159, 92–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2020.11.001

Thomas Nordhausen, & Julian Hirt. (2020). Edukative Interventionen zur Verbesserung systematischer Recherchefähigkeiten – Diskussion der Ergebnisse eines Scoping Reviews. GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information. https://doi.org/10.3205/mbi000483

Hirt, Julian, Nordhausen, Thomas, Meichlinger, Jasmin, Braun, Volker, Zeller, Adelheid, & Meyer, Gabriele. (2020). Educational interventions to improve literature searching skills in the health sciences: A scoping review. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 108(4), 534–546. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.954

Abraham, Jens, Hirt, Julian, Kamm, Friederike, & Möhler, Ralph. (2020). Interventions to reduce physical restraints in general hospital settings: A scoping review of components and characteristics. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(17-18), 3183–3200. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15381

Klingshirn, H., Müller, M., Beutner, K., Hirt, J., Strobl, R., Grill, E., Meyer, G., & Saal, S. (2020). Implementation of a complex intervention to improve participation in older people with joint contractures living in nursing homes: a process evaluation of a cluster-randomised pilot trial. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01655-z

Herber, Oliver Rudolf, Bradbury-Jones, Caroline, Böling, Susanna, Combes, Sarah, Hirt, Julian, Koop, Yvonne, Nyhagen, Ragnhild, Veldhuizen, Jessica D., & Taylor, Julie. (2020). What feedback do reviewers give when reviewing qualitative manuscripts? A focused mapping review and synthesis. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01005-y

Hirt, J., van Meijeren, L. C. J., Saal, S., Hafsteinsdóttir, T. B., Hofmeijer, J., Kraft, A., Meyer, G., & de Man-van Ginkel, J. M. (2020). Post-Stroke Depression Prediction Scale--German Version [Dataset]. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/t76130-000

Karrer, Melanie, Hirt, Julian, Zeller, Adelheid, & Saxer, Susi. (2020). What hinders and facilitates the implementation of nurse-led interventions in dementia care? A scoping review. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01520-z

Hirt, J., & Nordhausen, T. (2020). Open access: how to ensure systematic searching? [Journal-article]. Journal of EAHIL, 16(1), 20–21. https://doi.org/10.32384/jeahil16368

Hirt, J., van Meijeren, L. C. J., Saal, S., Hafsteinsdóttir, T. B., Hofmeijer, J., Kraft, A., Meyer, G., & de Man-van Ginkel, J. M. (2020). Predictive accuracy of the Post-Stroke Depression Prediction Scale: A prospective binational observational study✰. Journal of Affective Disorders, 265, 39–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.019

Beer, T., Hirt, J., & Bleses, H. M. (2020). Eventisierte Zwischenzeiten [Book-chapter]. In Innovationen und Innovationsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen (pp. 633–651). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28643-9_33

Hirt, Julian, & Beer, Thomas. (2020). Use and impact of virtual reality simulation in dementia care education: A scoping review. Nurse Education Today, 84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104207

Hirt, Julian, Brinkmann, Sabine, Cadima, Ricardo, Dichter, Martin N., Golla, André, Kaap-Fröhlich, Sylvia, Kachler, Marco, Lauer, Norina, Meiling, Claudia, Messer, Melanie, Paulicke, Denny, Saal, Susanne, Schmidt, Stefanie, Schwarz, Christiane, Tholen, Reina, Ulrich, Gert, Warnke, Andrea, & Abraham, Jens. (2020). Database indexing of health science journals from the German-speaking area: A journal analysis. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen, 150-152, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2020.04.003

Hirt, J., Burgstaller, M., Beer, T., Saxer, S., & Zeller, A. (2020). Priorities of nursing research in dementia care in German-speaking countries-A Delphi study. Pflege, 33, 165–175. https://doi.org/10.1024/1012-5302/a000731

Hirt, Julian, Nordhausen, Thomas, Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian, & Ewald, Hannah. (2020). Using citation tracking for systematic literature searching - study protocol for a scoping review of methodological studies and a Delphi study. F1000Research, 9, 1386. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27337.3

Nordhausen, Thomas, & Hirt, Julian. (2020). Rapid reviews: A critical perspective. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen, 158-159, 22–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2020.09.005

Thomas Nordhausen, & Julian Hirt. (2020). Navigieren im Dschungel – Empfehlungen zur Auswahl der Fachdatenbanken für eine systematische Literaturrecherche. GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information. https://doi.org/10.3205/mbi000465

Klingshirn, H., Müller, M., Beutner, K., Hirt, J., Strobl, R., Grill, E., Meyer, G., & Saal, S. (2019). Implementation of a complex intervention to improve participation in older people with joint contractures living in nursing homes: A process evaluation of a cluster-randomised pilot trial [Posted-content]. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.14602/v2

Hirt, J., van Meijeren, L., de Man-van Ginkel, J. M., & Saal, S. (2019). DePreS-G – deutsche Version der Prädiktionsskala Depression nach Schlaganfall (DePreS): Übersetzung und „cognitive debriefing“ [Journal-article]. HeilberufeScience, 10(1-2), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s16024-019-0323-0