Links: Systematic Reviews

Ioannidis J. P. (2016). The Mass Production of Redundant, Misleading, and Conflicted Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses. The Milbank quarterly, 94(3), 485–514. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12210 

Mateen, F. J., Oh, J., Tergas, A. I., Bhayani, N. H., & Kamdar, B. B. (2013). Titles versus titles and abstracts for initial screening of articles for systematic reviews. Clinical epidemiology, 5, 89–95. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S43118 

McKeown, S., & Ross-White, A. (2019). Building capacity for librarian support and addressing collaboration challenges by formalizing library systematic review services. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 107(3), 411–419. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.443 

Murdoch University. (2025). Using PICO or PICO and other question-building frameworks. https://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/systematic/PICO

Rethlefsen, M. L., Murad, M. H., & Livingston, E. H. (2014). Engaging medical librarians to improve the quality of review articles. JAMA, 312(10), 999–1000. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.9263 

Systematic Review Tools

NIHR Innovation Observatory. (2022). SR Tool Box [Online resource]. http://systematicreviewtools.com/

SR-Accererator -  Bond University. Includes Polyglot Search Translator.  Now available at https://tera-tools.com/

Clark J, Glasziou P, Del Mar C, Bannach-Brown A, Stehlik P, Scott AM. (2020). A full systematic review was completed in 2 weeks using automation tools: a case study. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Jan 28;121:81-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.01.008.

Covidence https://www.covidence.org/home

Refworks https://refworks.proquest.com/

Rayan https://rayyan.qcri.org/welcome

DistillrSR https://www.evidencepartners.com/

Catchii https://catchii.org/ 

Systematic Review LibGuides

Flinders University https://library.flinders.edu.au/researchers/systematic-reviews 

Yale University http://guides.library.yale.edu/SR/ 

Duke University http://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/sysreview

Monash University https://guides.lib.monash.edu/systematic-review

Types of Reviews 

Cornell University. 2025. A Guide to Evidence Synthesis:Types of Evidence Synthesis. https://guides.library.cornell.edu/evidence-synthesis/types 

Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health information and libraries journal, 26(2), 91–108. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x

Knowledge Translation Program. (2025). RightReview. https://rightreview.knowledgetranslation.net/

Samnani, S. S., Vaska, M., Ahmed, S., & Turin, T. C. (2017). Review Typology: The Basic Types of Reviews for Synthesizing Evidence for the Purpose of Knowledge Translation. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, 27(10), 635–641. 

Sutton, A., Clowes, M., Preston, L., & Booth, A. (2019). Meeting the review family: exploring review types and associated information retrieval requirements. Health information and libraries journal, 36(3), 202–222. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12276 

Critical Appraisal Tools

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. (2025). Critical Appraisal Tools. https://www.cebm.net/2014/06/critical-appraisal/

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme. (2025). CASP checklists. https://casp-uk.net/casp-tools-checklists/

JBI. (2025). Critical Appraisal Tools. https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools

Shamseer, L., Moher, D., Clarke, M., Ghersi, D., Liberati, A., Petticrew, M., Shekelle, P., Stewart, L. A., & PRISMA-P Group (2015). Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 350, g7647. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7647 

Forest Plots

Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health. (2018, October 8). What is a forest plot?[Video].YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBkG-8Hm7OU 

Terry Shaneyfelt. (2013). How to interpret a forest plot?[Video].YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py-L8DvJmDc&t=5s  (5.32 min)

Reviewed: 26/11/2025