Systematic Reviews in the Health Sciences: Tools
Gain an understanding of systematic reviews, scoping reviews and other evidence synthesis methodologies from start to finish.
Last Updated: Jan 8, 2024 4:39 PM
Literature Search Tools
- Yale MeSH AnalyzerList up to 20 PMIDs for target articles for analysis of the keywords, MeSH terms and other associated data to help you build a better search
- SR AcceleratorThe IEBH Systematic Review Accelerator from Bond University is a suite of useful tools
- CoCitesRun a search on target articles to help build a more comprehensive search through mapping co-citations, articles that are often cited together in the reference lists of other articles
- Balance BracesCheck your parentheses in your search string
Multipurpose SR Tools
- SR Tool BoxLaunched in 2014, SR Tool Box offers an evolving catalog of tools for systematic reviews and wider evidence synthesis processes.
- JBI Critical Appraisal ToolsTools that assist in assessing the results of papers in your SR
- Systematic Review Data RepositorySRDR+ is a free tool for data extraction, management and archival during systematic reviews
Meta-Analysis Tools
- UBIT Software by TitleFor current UB members, UBIT has a number of free programs including statistics software that may be of use in this process.
Minimizing Bias
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions provides a definition of non-reporting biases can be minimized by identifying all relevant literature on a research topic (see Table 7.2a).
- ROBIS (Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews)ROBIS is a new tool "for assessing the risk of bias in systematic reviews (rather than in primary studies)"
- AMSTAR 2 (A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews)A 16 item checklist to help assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.
- Systematic Review Toolbox"A web-based catalogue of tools that support various tasks within the systematic review and wider evidence synthesis process."