'Quantity does not make quality': when is there a case for repeating a network meta‐analysis?

</td><td>The authors need to justify their replication in relation to author influence or conflicts of interest in previously published NMAs</td></tr><tr><td>2-4. For example, if the NMA authors cite this being high-priority research, but do not cite this in comparison with a previously published NMA, they are not assessing priority in relation to the need for replication</td></tr><tr><td>2. </td><td>The assessment of this being a high-priority NMA should be made explicitly in relation to the need for replication of previously published NMAs. [Extracted from the article]