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Understanding review types in research

Understanding the right tool to use when synthesising evidence is critical for the production of credible and impactful knowledge.

Inspired by the knowledge of hundreds of researchers, this guide can help you better understand some of the most commonly used types of literature reviews used in research, the purpose of these reviews and how to choose the right one.

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Understanding Review Types in Research
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From Three Months to One: Rebuilding a Systematic Review with Covidence

Automation (AI) is changing what is possible in evidence synthesis.

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How to justify AI tools to institutions

How do you make an evidence-based case for AI tools at your institution? Explore the questions researchers and decision-makers need answered.

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Beyond evaluation: deciding when AI is appropriate in evidence synthesis

Explore how Covidence’s decision matrix weighs the consequences of errors, human oversight and model performance necessary for trusted AI use.

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Guides & Executive Papers

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Understanding the Review Types

In this guide, we introduce the Systematic Review Family. Discover the differences among various review types, including Rapid Reviews, Scoping Reviews, Literature Reviews, Living Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Evidence Gap Maps.

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Empowering Librarians in Research

Discover invaluable insights from our guide, 'Empowering Librarians in Research,' unlocking new potentials for your library's impact!

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A step-by-step guide to completing your Systematic Review

Complete your Systematic Review with ease using this step-by-step guide and unlock success.

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Thesis writing: Covidence’s top ten tips

Unlock the secrets to successful thesis writing with Covidence's top ten tips.

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Automation & AI

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How to justify AI tools to institutions

How do you make an evidence-based case for AI tools at your institution? Explore the questions researchers and decision-makers need answered.

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AI won’t replace methods skills, it depends on them

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How we evaluate AI models for evidence synthesis

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Beyond evaluation: deciding when AI is appropriate in evidence synthesis

Explore how Covidence’s decision matrix weighs the consequences of errors, human oversight and model performance necessary for trusted AI use.

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How Covidence decides what AI to release (and what to hold back)

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Case studies

How institutions use Covidence

What changed for libraries and research offices after an institutional licence.
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University of Rochester – River Campus

Read how University of Rochester is enhancing quality and efficiency of library support with Covidence.

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University of Birmingham

Read how University of Birmingham is fuelling pioneering academic research with Covidence.

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Professor Benita Olivier

Read how Professor Benita Olivier is reshaping their academic landscape with Covidence

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Lund University, Sweden

Read how Lund University is reshaping their academic landscape with Covidence

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US Teaching Hospital

Learn how Covidence helped transform the research output of this leading institution

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University of York

Read how The University of York is reshaping their academic landscape with Covidence

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Data Extraction Tip 1: Follow a Framework

The Covidence Global Scholarship recipients are putting evidence-based research into practice. We caught up with some of the winners to discover the impact of their work and find out more about their experiences.

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Top 5 tips for data extraction

Top 5 Tips For Data Extraction

The Covidence Global Scholarship recipients are putting evidence-based research into practice. We caught up with some of the winners to discover the impact of their work and find out more about their experiences.

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Full-Text retrieval in Covidence: 6 tips to save time on your review

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Unlocking Insights: 16th European Public Health Conference in Dublin!

The Covidence Global Scholarship recipients are putting evidence-based research into practice. We caught up with some of the winners to discover the impact of their work and find out more about their experiences.

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Automatically remove studies not reporting on randomized controlled trials (RCT)

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12 months of updates from Covidence

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Leading with Passion: My Journey with Covidence as a Student Ambassador

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Athlete Mental Health Research: Kirsty’s Experience Using Covidence

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Release Notes Sept 23: Faster screening with PICOS-structured eligibility criteria

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Release Notes Aug 23: New data extraction and quality assessment templates

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Streamlining Research: Unveiling the Power of Evidence Synthesis with Covidence

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Release Notes July 2023: Data extraction improvements

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