Systematic Reviews – Tools

by Bruce Abbott, Erik Davis Fausak, Amy Studer, Megan Van Noord, Nicole Capdarest-Arest — February 11, 2021

Systematic Reviews – Tools

by Bruce Abbott, Erik Davis Fausak, Amy Studer, Megan Van Noord, Nicole Capdarest-Arest — February 11, 2021

Systematic Reviews – Tools

by Bruce Abbott, Erik Davis Fausak, Amy Studer, Megan Van Noord, Nicole Capdarest-Arest – February 11, 2021

This guide highlights some tools available to UC Davis researchers wanting to perform and manage systematic reviews.

For a guide on what systematic reviews are, including the systematic review literature search process, and how to request a consultation for a health sciences systematic review project, see our Systematic Reviews guide.

For a guide on citation management tools that may be helpful in managing citations as part of the systematic review process, see the Citation Manager Comparison.

For a searchable catalog of tools related to the systematic review process, including meta-analyses, see SR Toolbox.

Bruce Abbott


Health Sciences Librarian

btabbott@ucdavis.edu

916-734-3529

In this Guide:

UC Davis Licensed Systematic Review Tools

Covidence

UC Davis Library has licensed Covidence systematic review software. Covidence is a tool to manage the systematic review process, and is used in many health professions systematic reviews, including Cochrane reviews. Current UC Davis affiliates wanting to use Covidence for systematic review management can use this link to sign up.  For information on how to use Covidence visit their Knowledge Base.

JBI Sumari

UC Davis Library licenses Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Evidence-based Practice database, including SUMARI (The System for the Unified Management, Assessment and Review of Information), its tool for systematic review management. For systematic reviews in nursing or other health professions, or for those using the Joanna Briggs approach, this is a key tool. SUMARI can be accessed through the JBI database.

 

Additional Recommended Systematic Review Tools

Abstract Screening Tools

Brown School of Public Health’s Abstrakr — Helps upload and organize literature for systematic reviews and assists with screening and organizing citations.

Automated PDF Retrieval Tools/Methods

See our guide on Automating the PDF Retrieval Process.

Data Extraction

AHRQ’s Systematic Review Data Repository (also see SRDR Plus above)— Tool for the extraction and management of data for systematic review or meta-analysis. It is also an open and searchable archive of systematic reviews and their data.

Brown School of Public Health’s SRDR Plus — The Systematic Review Data Repository: Plus (SRDR Plus) is a tool for extracting, managing, and archiving data.

Citation Organization

Rayyan — Helps organize and track citations in a systematic review.

Other Systematic Review Project Management Tools

DistillerSR — Systematic review project management tool [fee-based product].

RevMan — used for Cochrane Collaboration systematic reviews. Allows you to prepare text, build tables showing the characteristics of studies and comparisons in the review, and add study data.