Results

for your search in support systematic reviews.

Reference management

Save the results in the .ris file format, which is compatible with most reference management software.

If you have organisational or site-wide access to reference management software you may have ‘organisation specific’ arrangements for supplying the results such as:

• loading the results directly into the software
• removing duplicates
• giving the requester the file details to access the results directly

NHS England provides access to Refworks for NHS knowledge and library services (KLS) staff, and can grant access to non-KLS research-active staff like your requester.

See the "Reference management software" section in Quick links.

If the requester is based offsite or no site package nor organisational access is available to them, they will still be able to remove the duplicates in whichever reference management software they have chosen.

Many reference management software applications allow you to upload .ris files into online libraries that you can share with users – discuss your options.

Systematic review software

Some users may wish to use systematic review software packages to aid the process of screening and data extraction.

Two popular packages are:

• Rayyan, which is freely available to all
• Covidence (££), which is freely available to those writing a Cochrane review.

Useful further information and a comparison of the two products can be found at the following product review. 

PRISMA

Is the standard for the reporting of results in systematic reviews.

More information about PRISMA

For the reporting of results in systematic reviews the requester will need to follow the PRISMA flow diagram.