Guidance to best tools and practices for systematic reviews

Table 4.3 Options for protocol registration of evidence syntheses

Journals^a
BMJ Open	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/pages/authors/#protocol
BioMed Central	https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/submission-guidelines/preparing-your-manuscript/protocol
JMIR Research Protocols	https://support.jmir.org/hc/en-us
World Journal of Meta-analysis	https://www.wjgnet.com/2308-3840/index.htm
Exclusive systematic review registration sites
Cochrane^b	https://community.cochrane.org/review-production/production-resources/proposing-and-registering-new-cochrane-reviews
JBI^c	https://jbi.global/systematic-review-register
PROSPERO^d	https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/
Research Registry- Registry of Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses^d	https://www.researchregistry.com/browse-the-registry#registryofsystematicreviewsmeta-analyses/
International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols (INPLASY)^d	https://inplasy.com/
Nonspecific research registration sites
Center for Open Science^d	https://www.cos.io/initiatives/prereg
Protocols.io^d	https://www.protocols.io/
Data repositories^e
Figshare	https://figshare.com/
Open Science Framework	https://osf.io/
Zenodo	https://zenodo.org

^aAuthors are advised to contact their target journal regarding submission of systematic review protocols
^bRegistration is restricted to approved review projects
^cThe JBI registry lists review projects currently underway by JBI-affiliated entities. These records include a review’s title, primary author, research question, and PICO elements. JBI recommends that authors register eligible protocols with PROSPERO
^dSee Pieper and Rombey [137] for detailed characteristics of these five registries
^eSee Pieper and Rombey [137] for other systematic review data repository options

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