A systematic review protocol describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods of the review. It should be prepared before a review is started and used as a guide to carry out the review. Detailed protocols should be developed a priori, made publicly available, and registered in a registry such as PROSPERO. To find out more about systematic review protocols, click on the links below:
The Campbell Collaboration "promotes social and economic change thought the production and use of systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis for evidence-based policy and practice"."
A methods links page connects users with useful tools and portals for conducting systematic reviews.
Cochrane Handbook Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR)
JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis
The JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis is designed to provide authors with a comprehensive guide to conducting JBI systematic reviews. It describes in detail the process of planning, undertaking and writing up a systematic review using JBI methods.
Health and Medicine Division - Standards for Systematic Reviews
These standards are for systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research of therapeutic medical or surgical interventions.
| Standards for Initiating a Systematic Review Standards for Finding and Assessing Individual Studies Standards for Synthesizing the Body of Evidence Standards for Reporting Systematic Reviews |
Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS)
PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating randomized trials, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions.
a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or nonrandomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both
Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G, Thuku M, Hamel C, Moran J, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch V, Kristjansson E, Henry DA. AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both. BMJ. 2017 Sep 21;358:j4008.
RAMESES (Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards) Project http://www.ramesesproject.org/