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Evidence Syntheses (Scoping, systematic, & other types of reviews)

Information on how to conduct evidence syntheses, including systematic reviews and scoping reviews, in the health sciences.

Create & Register Your Protocol

Create 

Creating a protocol is an important part of creating an evidence synthesis.  PRISMA-P provides a method for doing this that will work with the PROSPERO system for registering protocols for systematic reviews & meta-analyses.

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols.

 

Register 

PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Ongoing Systematic Reviews):  registering your protocol may reduce duplication of effort & the publication bias of systematic reviews.

University of York, PROSPERO register