Systematic Reviews

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"abstrackR is a web-application that makes citation-screening process of systematic reviews easier". It is a collaborative tool that facilitates screening of citations by multiple reviewers in tandem. Citations are imported and then screened by participants. The screening decisions (or, 'labels') can subsequently be exported."

Free, but no data abstraction component.

"A collaborative, Web-based repository of systematic review data. This resource serves as both an archive and data extraction tool and is shared among organizations and individuals producing systematic reviews worldwide, enabling the creation of a central database of systematic review data."

SUMARI is found under EBP Tools. You must create a personal account to use the application. Review templates include Qualitative, Effectiveness, Umbrella, Scoping, Diagnostic Test, Mixed Methods, Etiology, Costs/Economic.

The SR-Accelerator is a suite of tools to speed up steps in the systematic review process. It is freely available for anyone in the world to use. From the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare.

"The Systematic Review Toolbox is a community-driven, searchable, web-based catalogue of tools that support the systematic review process across multiple domains."

"The first “open access” review platform. Users can encourage open scientific research by creating free, public reviews, which follow FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable*), allowing the public to find their work through search engines like Google.

Eleven part video series on systematic searching.