Subject and Research Guides: Systematic Reviews: Review Software and Tools

Covidence

Covidence is an online systematic review program developed by, and for, systematic reviewers. It can import citations from reference managers like EndNote, facilitate the screening of abstracts and full-text, populate risk of bias tables, assist with data extraction, and export to all common formats.

Macquarie University now has an institutional subscription to Covidence. To request access, complete the invitation form available at https://support.covidence.org/help/macquarie-university

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Covidence Training & Support

Videos to get you started using Covidence
5 videos to get you started using Covidence, including signing in and out, creating a new review and inviting co-reviewers, and much more.
Covidence 101 training webinars
Attend a free monthly Covidence training webinar.
Covidence Knowledge Base
Search the Covidence Knowledge Base to get answers to FAQ's.
Covidence Youtube Channel
Subscribe to the Covidence Youtube channel and receive regular notifications of new videos.

Contact support@covidence.org if you need futher help.

Review Software & Tools

Screening and Data Extraction Tools

Specialised software can assist when screening results. Records (which may be from an EndNote or Mendeley library) can be imported directly into these programs.

Rayyan

Rayyan is a free web application to help systematic review authors create systematic reviews, collaborate on them, maintain them over time and get suggestions for article inclusion.

SR Accelerator

SR-Accelerator

Developed by the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University.

The IEBH SR-Accelerator is a suite of tools to speed up steps in the Systematic Review (SR) process. It is freely available for anyone in the world to use. Simply register via the link below with your name and email address. The SRA is a modular design which means the tools can be incorporated into existing SR workflows and combined with other automation tools.

The suite of tools includes :

The Polyglot Search Translator
The Deduplicator
The Screenatron
The Disputatron
..and more.

SR-Accelerator

Systematic Review Tool Box

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The Systematic Review Toolbox is a community-driven, searchable, web-based catalogue of tools that support various tasks within the systematic review and wider evidence synthesis process.

The toolbox aims to help researchers and reviewers find the following:

Software tools
Quality assessment / critical appraisal checklists
Reporting standards
Guidelines

Users can perform a simple keyword (i.e. Quick) search to locate tools, or a more detailed (i.e. Advanced) search allowing users to select various criteria to find specific types of tools.

Systematic Review Toolbox

DistillerSR

DistillerSR is an online application designed specifically for the screening and data extraction phases of a systematic review. Subscription Fee. Additional technical information at: http://www.tectutorials.com/TERDistillerSR.html

DistillerSR

OpenMeta[Analyst]

OpenMeta[Analyst] is a completely open-access, cross-platform software for advanced meta-analysis.

OpenMeta[Analyst]

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