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Covidence is a web-based tool that will help you through the process of screening your references, data extraction, and keeping track of you work. It is particularly useful for researchers conducting a systematic review, meta-analysis or clinical guideline.

In Covidence you can:

Import references - Covidence works seamlessly with your favorite reference managers like EndNote, Zotero, Refworks, Mendeley or any tool that support RIS, CSV or PubMed XML formats. Covidence can automatically remove duplicates for you.

Screen title & abstract - Breeze through screening with keyword highlighting & a lightning quick interface. Covidence keeps full records of who voted and supports single or dual screeners.

Bulk PDF import- Transfer PDFs stored in your reference manager to Covidence in a few clicks.

Screen full text - Decide quickly on studies in full text. Capture reasons for exclusion and any notes so you can resolve any disagreements quickly, with a click of a button.

Create forms - Be in control and stay focused on your PICO question. Customizable extraction forms means you only spend time extracting what you need.

Export inter-rater reliability date - When you've completed screening at Title & abstract or Full text review stage, you can export inter-rater reliability (IRR) data.

Customize risk of bias - Automatically populate your risk of bias tables by highlighting and commenting on text directly in your PDF.

Conduct data extraction - Extract data efficiently with a side-by-side view of your customized form and PDF. Then, when you are done, easily compare your form with other reviewers.

  PRISMA - Covidence will create and update your PRISMA flowchart as you move through your review. You can also download and export.

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