Systematic Review: Tools for Reviews

This guide presents tools and advice for conducting systematic reviews.

Tools for Reviews

Systematic Review Toolbox
The Systematic Review Toolbox is an online catalogue of tools that support various tasks within the systematic review and wider evidence synthesis process.
PubMed PubReMiner
You can enter a keyword search strategy into PubReMiner which then runs the search in PubMed. It will rank the frequency of keywords in the title, Abstract and aso MesH terms. This can help you discover potential keywords and MeSH terms.
Covidence
The primary screening and data extraction tool for Cochrane authors, streamlining the production of standard intervention reviews. This tool is available with a subscription fee.

Here you will find information on upcoming Training webinars as well as recently recorded webinars.

Rayyan
A Free online tool that can be used for independent screening and coding of studies in a systematic review.

Here you will find guides, shortcuts and hidden features to help you get more from Rayyan.

abstrackR
abstrackR is a free web-based collaborative tool that facilitates screening of citations by multiple reviewers.

Here you will find abstrackr's help pages.

CADIMA
CADIMA is a free web tool facilitating the conduct and assuring for the documentation of systematic reviews, systematic maps and further literature reviews.

Here you will find a range of videos on how to use CADIMA.

Catchii
Catchii is a systematic (literature) review (SR) screener designed to provide a good user experience while going through a large dataset of scientific articles. Catchii supports all main stages of an SR, from detecting duplicates to creating PRISMA flowcharts for the manuscript.

An overview of how catchii works