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Litstream

Litstream is a web-based suite for collaborative systematic literature reviews.

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#27 of 30
Score
5.7
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What Litstream is

Litstream is a web-based suite for collaborative systematic literature reviews. It lets managers design review steps, assign work, and monitor progress across team members. Coverage includes literature search, prioritization, text screening, inventory, data extraction and analysis, study quality assessment, and visualization. Prioritization can use topic extraction, supervised clustering, machine learning, and active machine learning. Screening supports document tags, keyword highlights, multiple review levels, and rules for moving studies downstream. Online worksheets allow nested fields, conditional fields based on earlier responses, and calculations using logic and equations. Reports include interactive bar charts and heat maps, while Blueprint can merge data from multiple review steps. Litstream supports reference deduplication, protocols, simultaneous teamwork, staffing assignments, and progress visuals. ICF describes automated pipelines for data migration and integration with organizational resources, plus training and end-to-end review assistance. It reports ISO 27001, SOC 2, and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications, and use of NIST guidelines. Pricing is on request.

Good

  • Covers search through visualization
  • Supports multiple prioritization approaches
  • Worksheets handle nested and calculated fields
  • Provides reports, charts, and heat maps
  • Supports protocols and reference deduplication

Watch out

  • Pricing is available only on request
  • The suite is oriented to systematic reviews
  • Implementation may involve organizational integration work

Who it suits

It suits agencies, nonprofits, watchdogs, and private researchers managing collaborative systematic reviews. Teams needing configurable screening, extraction, prioritization, reporting, and documented processes may find its broad workflow relevant.

Verdict

Litstream brings review design, screening, extraction, prioritization, collaboration, and reporting into one documented workflow. Its configurable worksheets and team tracking suit structured projects, while prospective buyers must request pricing and assess their integration needs.

The facts

Each one read from Litstream's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Collaboration
Litstream tracks documents through the review process, supports simultaneous team work, and provides staffing assignments and progress visuals.checked 8 Oct 2026
Data extraction
Its interactive online worksheets support specified fields, nested data, conditional fields, and calculations based on logic and equations.checked 8 Oct 2026
Documented process
ICF describes Litstream as documenting review methods and study progress to support transparent and reproducible reviews.checked 8 Oct 2026
Founder and date
ICF says the Inner City Fund was founded in 1969.checked 7 Oct 2026
Intended users
ICF says its literature review tools have been used by state and federal agencies, nonprofits, watchdogs, and private researchers.checked 8 Oct 2026
Interoperability
ICF says it builds automated pipelines to migrate data between platforms and can tailor integrations to organizational resources.checked 8 Oct 2026
Prioritization
Litstream offers active machine learning, machine learning, unsupervised clustering, and supervised clustering to prioritize documents for review.checked 8 Oct 2026
Purpose
Litstream helps researchers collaborate on literature screening and data extraction while tracking review work across team members.checked 8 Oct 2026
Reporting
Built-in reports and visualizations include interactive bar charts and heat maps, and Blueprint can combine data from multiple review steps.checked 8 Oct 2026
Review stages
The tool suite covers literature search, prioritization, text screening, inventory, data extraction and analysis, study quality assessments, and visualization.checked 7 Oct 2026
Review workflow
Managers can design review steps, assign work, and monitor progress at a granular level.checked 8 Oct 2026
Screening
Users can configure document tags and keyword highlights, assign screening tasks, and move studies to later steps based on screening results.checked 8 Oct 2026
Security certifications
ICF reports independent third-party audits and certifications including ISO 27001, SOC 2, and Cyber Essentials Plus, and says it uses NIST guidelines and standards.checked 7 Oct 2026
Support
ICF offers expert support across review design and execution, including search strategies, criteria, study quality assessment, data integration, and training for collaborators.checked 8 Oct 2026
Tool coverage
The tool suite covers literature search, prioritization, text screening, inventory, data extraction and analysis, study quality assessments, and visualization.checked 8 Oct 2026

The company

Founded
1969checked 28 Sep 2026
Headquarters
ICF says it relocated its headquarters to Fairfax, Virginia, in 1987.checked 7 Oct 2026

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