Research Guides: Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis Guide: Tools for Organizing and Facilitating Evidence Synthesis

Evidence Synthesis Tools

Using tools to collect and organize your references, find duplicates, and facilitate screening can help you save time and work more effectively with your team. Below are some recommendations for tools to use for your review. UNH does not have institutional subscriptions to any of the below tools. Teams must purchase their own subscriptions.

Tool Name	Cost	Description
Citation management tools such as Zotero and Mendeley	Free	No cost tools to help manage references, find duplicates, and conduct title/abstract and full-text screening. This tool requires a more hands-on, manual approach to screening. Critical appraisal and data extraction must be conducted separately.
Covidence	Starts at $289 a year for a single review	Imports references and automatically removes duplicate results. Facilitates screening, critical appraisal, and data extraction for the review team. Generates a PRISMA flow diagram with exclusion reasons. Does not include option to pilot test screening.
Rayyan	Free option Starts at $8.33 a month for Professional tier	Import references, facilitates finding duplicate results and screening. Also includes a mobile app. Some users experience challenges with full-text screening and bugs.
JBISUMARI	14-day free trial Starts at $130 a year for individuals	Facilitates project management, building a protocol, importing references, study screening, critical appraisal, and data extraction. All collaborators must have a JBI account in order to use the tool.