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Background: The adoption of automation tools for systematic reviews has been relatively slow. There are several reasons for this, including the fact that very few tools have data on their validity and reliability available, licensing issues or costs, the steep learning curve in using the tools, lack of support for some freely available tools, and lack of integration of some tools used into one streamlined platform.
Objectives: This presentation will discuss a variety of validated automation tools to be used for each step of the scoping review process.
Methods: The guidance presented in this work is adapted from the results of a scoping review and consultations with the JBI Scoping Review Methodology group.
Results: This presentation describes several reliable, validated automation tools and software that can be used to enhance the conduct of scoping reviews. Developments in the automation of systematic reviews, and more recently scoping reviews, are continuously evolving. We detail several helpful tools in order of the key steps recommended by the JBI’s methodological guidance for undertaking scoping reviews, including team establishment, protocol development, searching, deduplication, screening titles and abstracts, data extraction, data charting, and report writing.
Conclusion: There are useful automation tools and software programs to use in undertaking each step of a scoping review. This guidance has the potential to inform collaborative efforts aiming at the development of evidence-informed, integrated automation tools and software packages for enhancing the conduct of high-quality scoping reviews.
Objectives: This presentation will discuss a variety of validated automation tools to be used for each step of the scoping review process.
Methods: The guidance presented in this work is adapted from the results of a scoping review and consultations with the JBI Scoping Review Methodology group.
Results: This presentation describes several reliable, validated automation tools and software that can be used to enhance the conduct of scoping reviews. Developments in the automation of systematic reviews, and more recently scoping reviews, are continuously evolving. We detail several helpful tools in order of the key steps recommended by the JBI’s methodological guidance for undertaking scoping reviews, including team establishment, protocol development, searching, deduplication, screening titles and abstracts, data extraction, data charting, and report writing.
Conclusion: There are useful automation tools and software programs to use in undertaking each step of a scoping review. This guidance has the potential to inform collaborative efforts aiming at the development of evidence-informed, integrated automation tools and software packages for enhancing the conduct of high-quality scoping reviews.