Tools for systematic reviews

There are free and subscription-based tools that support the systematic review process.

Covidence logo  Available to UoN Conjoint and affiliate staff and UoN students. Doing a higher degree? Check with your education provider to see if Covidence is available to you. 

Abstractr logo  Abstrackr is a free, open-source tool for facilitating the citation screening process. Upload your abstracts, invite reviewers, and get to screening.

rayann logo  Rayyan is a free online tool that can be used for screening and coding of studies in a systematic review. It uses tagging and filtering to code and organise references.

JBISUMARI logo  Available to UoN Conjoint and Affiliate staff and UoN students. Doing a higher degree? Check with your education provider to see if JBI SUMARI is available to you.

Systematic Review Acceleratorlogo  Systematic Review Accelerator (SRA) is a suite of automation tools developed by the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University. The SRA tools aim to make literature review and synthesis processes faster while maintaining and enhancing quality. The suite includes tools that can help with designing search strategies, title and abstract screening, citation tracking, and writing drafts for methods and result sections. The SRA tools are free and include extensive help pages.

RevMan logo  RevMan is the software used for preparing and maintaining Cochrane Reviews. It is now available for non-Cochrane reviews. RevMan facilitates preparation of protocols and full reviews. RevMan is available on subscription.

AI tools for reviews

HNE Health Libraries logo  AI specialty guide

Macquarie logo  Using AI-powered tools for literature reviews – Macquarie University LibGuide