Systematic Reviews: Guidelines and standards

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 of qualitative, quantitative, economic, text and opinion based evidence. It also outlines JBI support mechanisms for those doing review work and opportunities for publication and training.

These standards are for systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research of therapeutic medical or surgical interventions.

Produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York

The EPPI-Centre is part of the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London

PRISMA stands for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. It is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

The PRISMA Statement consists of a 27-item checklist and a four-phase flow diagram. It is an evolving document that is subject to change periodically as new evidence emerges. In fact, the PRISMA Statement is an update and expansion of the now-out dated QUOROM Statement. This website contains the current definitive version of the PRISMA Statement.

Includes a comprehensive searchable database of reporting guidelines and also links to other resources relevant to research reporting.