Question 1

What does the R-package 'netmeta' do?

Accepted Answer

Network Meta-Analysis using Frequentist Methods. A comprehensive set of functions providing frequentist methods for network meta-analysis (Balduzzi et al., 2023) [doi:10.18637/jss.v106.i02](https://doi.org/10.18637%2Fjss.v106.i02) and supporting Schwarzer et al. (2015) [doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21416-0](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-21416-0), Chapter 8 "Network Meta-Analysis":
 - frequentist network meta-analysis following Rücker (2012) [doi:10.1002/jrsm.1058](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjrsm.1058);
 - additive network meta-analysis for combinations of treatments (Rücker et al., 2020) [doi:10.1002/bimj.201800167](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fbimj.201800167);
 - network meta-analysis of binary data using the Mantel-Haenszel or non-central hypergeometric distribution method (Efthimiou et al., 2019) [doi:10.1002/sim.8158](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsim.8158), or penalised logistic regression (Evrenoglou et al., 2022) [doi:10.1002/sim.9562](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsim.9562);
 - rankograms and ranking of treatments by the Surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) (Salanti et al., 2013) [doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.03.016](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jclinepi.2010.03.016);
 - ranking of treatments using P-scores (frequentist analogue of SUCRAs without resampling) according to Rücker & Schwarzer (2015) [doi:10.1186/s12874-015-0060-8](https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12874-015-0060-8);
 - split direct and indirect evidence to check consistency (Dias et al., 2010) [doi:10.1002/sim.3767](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsim.3767), (Efthimiou et al., 2019) [doi:10.1002/sim.8158](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsim.8158);
 - league table with network meta-analysis results;
 - 'comparison-adjusted' funnel plot (Chaimani & Salanti, 2012) [doi:10.1002/jrsm.57](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjrsm.57);
 - net heat plot and design-based decomposition of Cochran's Q according to Krahn et al. (2013) [doi:10.1186/1471-2288-13-35](https://doi.org/10.1186%2F1471-2288-13-35);
 - measures characterizing the flow of evidence between two treatments by König et al. (2013) [doi:10.1002/sim.6001](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsim.6001);
 - automated drawing of network graphs described in Rücker & Schwarzer (2016) [doi:10.1002/jrsm.1143](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjrsm.1143);
 - partial order of treatment rankings ('poset') and Hasse diagram for 'poset' (Carlsen & Bruggemann, 2014) [doi:10.1002/cem.2569](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fcem.2569); (Rücker & Schwarzer, 2017) [doi:10.1002/jrsm.1270](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjrsm.1270);
 - contribution matrix as described in Papakonstantinou et al. (2018) [doi:10.12688/f1000research.14770.3](https://doi.org/10.12688%2Ff1000research.14770.3) and Davies et al. (2022) [doi:10.1002/sim.9346](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsim.9346);
 - subgroup network meta-analysis.

Question 2

Who maintains netmeta?

Accepted Answer

Guido Schwarzer

Question 3

Who authored netmeta?

Accepted Answer

Theodoros Papakonstantinou, Annabel Davies, Orestis Efthimiou, Theodoros Evrenoglou, Gerta Rücker, Ulrike Krahn, Jochem König, Krzysztof Ciomek

Question 4

What is the current version of netmeta?

Accepted Answer

The current version of the R-package '3.1-1' is 3.1-1

Question 5

When was the last release of netmeta?

Accepted Answer

The last release of the R-package '3.1-1' was 02/06/2025

Question 6

Where can I search for the R-package 'netmeta'?

Accepted Answer

You can search for the R-package 'netmeta' on CRAN/E at https://cran-e.com

netmeta

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Guido Schwarzer

Theodoros Papakonstantinou

Annabel Davies

Orestis Efthimiou

Theodoros Evrenoglou

Gerta Rücker

Ulrike Krahn

Jochem König

Krzysztof Ciomek

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