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Table 3 Relevance of software tools and guidance documents included in the SR Toolbox to different review production stages

From: The Systematic Review Toolbox: keeping up to date with tools to support evidence synthesis

Review stage

Software tools (N = 235)

Guidance (N = 112)

Protocol development

24

12

Searching

84

12

Study selection/screening

45

4

Data extraction

57

6

Quality assessment

34

70

Synthesis

82

7

Reporting

37

26

Reference management

37

N/A

Stakeholder engagement

2

3

Multiple review stages

75

16

  1. Key: SR systematic review