Software

Covidence complements RevMan in the process of Cochrane review production. Covidence allows you to collaborate online with your co-authors on tasks such as uploading and sharing search results, screening and selecting studies, data collection, and risk of bias assessment.

• Moving data from Covidence to RevMan (Cochrane webinar)
• How to work on a Cochrane review in Covidence (external resorouce)
• Covidence Knowledge Base (external resource)

GRADEpro is used to create summary of findings tables in Cochrane reviews. You can use it to import data from RevMan, perform calculations to present the key findings of your review, and conduct a GRADE assessment of the quality of the evidence.

• Using GRADEpro to perform a GRADE assessment and make a summary of findings table (Cochrane webinar)
• GRADEpro Knowledge Base (external resource)

EPPI-Reviewer, developed by the EPPI-Centre at University College London, is a recommended web-based tool for Cochrane authors to support the development of systematic reviews from study screening through data collection, analysis and synthesis. 

It supports authors and editors in writing all types of reviews, particularly in complex areas including meta-analysis, framework synthesis, and thematic synthesis. EPPI-Reviewer is free to use for Cochrane authors, and you can log in using your Cochrane account.

• EPPI-Reviewer (external resource)
• EPPI-Reviewer support website (external resource)

Editorial Manager is the platform used by Cochrane for communicating with authors throughout all stages of publishing a review, from submitting review proposals, through peer review to publication.

• Editorial Manager for authors Knowledge Base
• Editorial Manager Knowledge Base