Staff Profile

Jabez Barnabas is the Research Associate - Information Specialist for the Information Specialist Team, NIHR Innovation Observatory (IO) and the Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG).

Jabez Barnabas is a graduate in Science and Library and Information Science with 17 years of experience as Trial Search Coordinator, Information Specialist for various Evidence Synthesis projects in Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. He has been previously working for the Cochrane Centre in India at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India and then the Data Science IQVIA Company at Chennai, India.

Jabez Barnabas is interested in Information Retrieval Methods, Evidence Synthesis and analysis, and he is interested in learning the AI methods for Information Retrieval.

• Articles

  • Chandiraseharan, VK, George, T, Tharyan, P, Sahni, RD, Alexander, S, Kirubakaran, R, Ezekiel, JP, Prakash, TV, Sudarsanam, TD. Antibiotics for acute pyelonephritis in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, 4. In Preparation.
  • Toews, I, George, AT, Peter, JV, Kirubakaran, R, Fontes, LES, Ezekiel, JPB, Meerpohl, JJ. Interventions for preventing upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people admitted to intensive care units. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, 6.
  • Tharyan, P, George, AT, Kirubakaran, R, Barnabas, JP. Reporting of methods was better in the Clinical Trials Registry – India than in Indian journal publications. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2024, 66(1), 10-22. In Preparation.
  • Wieland, LS, Manheimer, E, Sampson, M, Barnabas, JP, Bouter, LM, Cho, K, Lee, MS, Li, X, Liu, J, Moher, D, Okabe, T, Pienaar, ED, Shin, B, Tharyan, P, Tsutani, K, van der Windt, DA, Berman, BM. Bibliometric and content analysis of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field specialized register of controlled trials. Systematic Reviews 2013, 2, 51. In Preparation.
  • Prathap, T, Titus, SP, Vivek, M, Jabez, PB, Manuel, R. Editorial policy and the reporting of randomized controlled trials: a survey of instructions for authors and assessment of trial reports in Indian medical journals (2004-05). National Medical Journal of India 2008, 21, 62-8.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Barnabas, JP, Tharyan, P. Indian consumer participation in primary research based on the Cochrane Library Access. In: Global Evidence Summit. 2017.
  • Barnabas, JP, Tharyan, P. Evaluating the impact of the national subscription to the Cochrane Library in India. In: 23rd Cochrane Colloquium. 2015.
  • Paul Barnabas, J, Tharyan, P, Bhaumik, S. Survey on health information needs, access and practice of evidence-informed healthcare among medical practitioners in India. In: 22nd Cochrane Colloquium. 2014. In Preparation.
  • Mathew, R, Bhaumik, S, Barnabas, JP, Parathasarathy, V. Outcomes of Cochrane systematic review protocol development workshops in India. In: 22nd Cochrane Colloquium. 2014.
  • Paul Barnabas, J, Tharyan, P, Bhaumik, S, Kirubakaran, R. Growth and development of the South Asian Database of Controlled Clinical Trials. In: 22nd Cochrane Colloquium. 2014. In Preparation.
  • Tharayan, P, Kirubakaran, R, Jabez, P. The use of trial protocols to assess risk of bias due to selective reporting in Cochrane systematic reviews: A cross-sectional survey. In: 2010 Joint Colloquium of The Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations. 2024.
  • George, A, Kirubakaran, R, Barnabas, J, Yamuna, B, Raj, M. Editorial policy and the reporting of randomized controlled trials in Indian medical journals in 2004–2005 versus 2007–2008. In: 17th Cochrane Colloquium. 2009.
  • Barnabas, J, Yamuna, B, Parthasarathy, V, Venkatesh, S, Tharyan, P. Access to evidence from countries in South Asia: the South Asian Database of Controlled Clinical Trials and the South Asian Cochrane Network and Centre’s Digital Library. In: 17th Cochrane Colloquium. 2009.

• Online Publication

  • O'Connor N, Bushby L, Barnabez J, Wallace S, Garcia-Gonzalez-Moral S, Close H, Pearson F. What is known about anxiety, claustrophobia and its impact on decision-making about important occupations and equipment for people with motor neurone disease? a scoping review protocol. 2024. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/VXJY6.