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.
PRISMA Protocols
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)
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 |
Review's Manual
The JBI Reviewers’ Manual 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.
Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME)
Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews (ROBIS)
RAMESES (Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards) Project http://www.ramesesproject.org/
Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS)
A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR)