17.8
RevMan is Cochrane’s software for producing systematic reviews, guiding authors through structured data entry, analysis, and result visualization.
Free planWebLinuxmacOS
Alternatives to Synthesis
27.7
ASReview is a free, open-source tool that uses AI-aided active learning to prioritize records for systematic review screening while leaving decisions to a human screener.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
37.6
AndroidiOSWeb
- 4
Rayyan
Rayyan is a systematic review platform for teams conducting evidence reviews with transparent, auditable, and reproducible workflows.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.5From $4.99 a month - 5
Sysrev
Sysrev is a data curation and systematic evidence review platform for researchers and collaborative teams.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted7.5From $50 a month - 6
Elicit
Elicit is an AI research assistant designed to help researchers work more evidence-first.
Free planWebAPI7.0From $11 a month - 7
Litmaps
Litmaps is a web-based research tool that uses citation networks and search to help researchers find papers and conduct literature reviews.
Free planWeb6.8From $10 a month - 8
ResearchRabbit
ResearchRabbit is a web service that analyzes papers users select and recommends related research for literature discovery.
Free planWeb6.7Free plan - 9
EPPI-Reviewer
EPPI-Reviewer is web-based software for managing and analysing literature-review data, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Web6.5 - 10
EviSynth
EviSynth is a free, open-source platform for conducting evidence syntheses and systematic reviews, available on Android, iOS, and the web.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb6.5Free plan - 11
Lit Mind Maps
Lit Mind Maps is a web tool for academic literature searches, citation mapping, and research starting drafts, intended for Masters and PhD students.
Free planWeb6.5From $15 a month - 12
LitMap
LitMap is a web tool for students and researchers organizing literature reviews from uploaded papers.
Free planWeb6.5From €5 a month - 13
Nested Knowledge
Nested Knowledge is a web platform for systematic reviews and evidence synthesis.
Web6.5From $19.95 a month - 14
VOSviewer
VOSviewer constructs and visualizes bibliometric networks, including networks of terms that appear together in scientific literature.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows6.5Free plan - 15
Covidence
Web6.4From $339 a year - 16
Bibliometrix
Bibliometrix is a free, open-source tool for quantitative scientometric and bibliometric research, built on R.
Free planWebAPImacOSWindows6.3Free plan - 17
JBI SUMARI
JBI SUMARI is a web application for conducting systematic literature reviews, covering work from protocol development through final reporting.
Web6.3From $130 a year - 18
Abstrackr
Abstrackr is a free web-based tool for screening citations during systematic reviews.
Free planWeb6.2Free plan - 19
Buhos
Buhos is web-based software for managing systematic literature reviews, with tools for screening references, handling full text, collaboration, and analysis.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.2 - 20
Colandr
Colandr is a free, web-based platform for evidence reviews and other document reviews and syntheses.
Free planWeb6.2Free plan - 21
SWIFT-Review
SWIFT-Review is a free desktop workbench for shaping systematic review questions and prioritizing literature for manual screening.
Free planmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 22
CADIMA
CADIMA is a free web tool for planning and documenting systematic reviews, systematic maps, and other literature reviews.
Free planWeb6.1Free plan - 23
Inciteful
Inciteful is a free web tool that uses citation networks to help researchers discover academic literature.
Free planWeb6.1Free plan - 24
Open Knowledge Maps
Open Knowledge Maps is a free web platform that creates AI-driven visual overviews of research topics.
Web6.1From €480 a year - 25
INRA
INRA is a web-based tool for AI-assisted narrative literature reviews and systematic review workflows.
Web5.9From $90 a year - 26
SWIFT-Active Screener
SWIFT-Active Screener is a web application for screening documents during systematic reviews and scoping activities.
Web5.5 - 27
PICO Portal
Web5.2