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Evidence Syntheses & Systematic Reviews: Useful Tools

Systematic Review Tools

Chart & tool appraisal reproduced from

Wu, Wendy; Akers, Katherine; Hu, Ella; Sarkozy, Alexandra; and Vinson, Patricia, "Digital Tools for Managing Different Steps of the Systematic Review Process" (2018). Library Scholarly Publications. 136. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/libsp/136​


 

Chart evaluating Systematic Review tools uses and effectiveness

Deduplication Tools

Free

  1. Colandr
  2. Rayyan
  3. Zotero

Paid

  1. Covidence
  2. DistillerSR
  3. EndNote
  4. EPPI-Reviewer
  5. Excel
  6. Mendeley
  7. RefWorks

Data Analysis Tools

Free

  1. Colandr
  2. OpenMeta[Analyst]
  3. RevMan5
  4. SRDR

Paid

  1. Covidence
  2. DistillerSR
  3. EPPI-Reviewer
  4. Excel
  5. JBI-SUMARI

Bibliography Creation Tools

Free

  1. EndNote (Web)
  2. Mendeley
  3. RevMan5
  4. Zotero

Paid

  1. EndNote (Desktop)
  2. Mendeley
  3. RefWorks
  4. JBI-SUMARI

Systematic Review ToolBox

Report Writing Tools

Free

  1. RevMan5

Paid

  1. JBI-SUMARI

Tools with Broadest Functionality

Free

  1. RevMan5

Paid

  1. Covidence
  2. DistillerSR
  3. EPPI-Reviewer
  4. JBI-SUMARI