LibGuides: Systematic Reviews: SOFTWARE & TOOLS

Systematic Review Toolbox

The Systematic Review Toolbox is a web-based catalogue of tools that support various tasks within the systematic review and wider evidence synthesis process. It includes free and paid tools - of which some are online and some downloadable. Some tools cover the entire process, whereas others assist with different stages.

Systematic Review Searching Tools
A list of selected tools that supports searching in systematic review process.

Software used for systematic reviews data extraction and management

Here is the list of useful software tools for managing systematic reviews for study selection, quality assessment, data extraction, data synthesis and reporting of reviews.

Abstrackr
Abstrackr is an open and free software developed by Brown University. It helps you upload and organize the results of a literature search for a systematic review. It also makes it possible for your team to screen, organize, and manipulate all of your abstracts in one place.
Covidence
Require subscription and NUS libraries does not have a subscription.
Covidence is a paid, not-for-profit service dedicated to improving the use of evidence in healthcare decision-making. Covidence was designed to increase the efficiency during the screening process, providing templates for data extraction, risk of bias assessment and improve collaboration.
DistillerSR
DistillerSR systematic review software manages, tracks, and streamlines the screening, data extraction, and reporting processes of your systematic reviews and literature reviews, letting you focus on delivering the best possible evidence-based research, faster.
EPPI-Reviewer 4
Require subscription and NUS libraries does not have a subscription.
EPPI-Reviewer 4 is a paid software developed and maintained by the EPPI-Centre at the Social Science Research Unit of the UCL Institute of Education, University of London, UK. It is for all types of literature review, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, 'narrative' reviews and meta-ethnographies.
GRADEpro GDT
The GRADEpro Guideline Development Tool (GDT) is the software used to create Summary of Findings (SoF) tables in Cochrane systematic reviews.
JBI SUMARI tool
Require subscription and NUS libraries does not have a subscription.
JBI SUMARI supports the entire review process, from drafting your protocol, study selection, critical appraisal, data extraction and synthesis.
Nested Knowledge
Nested Knowledge offers a comprehensive software platform for systematic literature review and meta-analysis. The software is composed of two parts which work in tandem. Search, screen, tag and extract data with AutoLit. Visualize, analyze, publish and share insights with Synthesis.
OpenMeta[Analyst]
OpenMeta[Analyst] is an open-source, cross-platform, point and click tool to perform advanced meta-analysis.
PICO Portal
A systematic review platform that leverages artificial intelligence to automate tasks such as deduplication, identifying study type, highlighting relevant keywords, finding, and uploading full-text articles, and predicting articles eligibility for inclusion.
Rayyan
Rayyan is a free web application developed by the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) to help systematic review authors perform their job in a quick, easy and enjoyable fashion. Rayyan also has a mobile app.
Revman
Review Manager (RevMan) is a free software used for preparing and maintaining Cochrane Reviews. Available on this page are links to download, update and guide to using Revman.
SRDR Plus
SRDR Plus (The Systematic Review Data Repository: Plus) is a tool developed by Brown University for extracting, managing, and archiving data. It is an open and searchable archive of systematic reviews and their data.
Systematic Review Accelerator
From Bond University. The CREBP Systematic Review Accelerator (SRA) is a free, purpose built platform to speed up multiple steps in the Systematic Review (SR) process. The SRA is a modular design which means the tools can be incorporated into existing SR workflows and combined with other automation tools.