Systematic Reviews

This is free software for semi-automated abstract screening for systematic reviews.

This is a free machine-learning assisted tool for conducting evidence synthesis during a systematic review. It supports automated search, study selection, and data extraction.

A web platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews, including Cochrane Reviews. Citation screening, Full text review, Risk of Bias assessment, Extraction of study characteristics and other study data. Payment required. A free trial is available via the Covidence site.

A web based reference screening, data extraction and reporting solution for systematic reviews. Upload references from any reference management software, create screening and data extraction forms, lay out workflow and assign reviewers, monitor study progress and review process, and export results. Payment required.

EPPI-Reviewer 4 can help manage a systematic review through all stages of the process from bibliographic management, screening, coding and right through to synthesis. Payment required.

This tool can facilitate the entire review process, from protocol development, team management, study selection, critical appraisal, data extraction, data synthesis and writing your systematic review report. Essentially, it is a word processor, reference management program, statistical and qualitative data analysis program all in one easy to use web application. Payment required.

This paper published in 2018 introduces the online tool CADIMA and compares it to over twenty other available tools for systematic review management.

A free web application and mobile app that can used to screen and code studies in a systematic review.

A free resource to identify software tools for various steps in the systematic review process. It is a community-driven, searchable, web-based catalogue of tools .

Software for Cochrane Reviews or academic use. Free for authors working on a Cochrane review, subscription available for non-Cochrane reviews. It facilitates preparation of protocols and full reviews, including text, characteristics of studies, comparison tables, and study data. It can perform meta-analysis of the data entered, and present the results graphically.

This paper describes the logistics of a method to perform the title and abstract screening, verdict assignment, and comparisons of results among multiple reviewers in EndNote. The process is blinded; all reviewers work in their own EndNote files, and after the individual inclusion and exclusion processes, the verdicts of the different reviewers are compared. The method described here can be performed much faster than comparable methods.

This article describes a novel approach for using EndNote to manage and code references in the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews and scoping reviews. The process is simple and easy for reviewers new to both EndNote and systematic reviews.