Systematic Reviews and Other Expert Reviews

Standards and Guidelines for Conducting Systematic Reviews and Evidence Syntheses

(by Organization)

• Campbell Collaboration
• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
• Cochrane Collaboration
  • Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
  • Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR)
  • Cochrane Handbook for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews (under development)
• Collaboration for Environmental Evidence
  • Guidelines and Standards for Evidence Synthesis in Environmental Management
• Institute of Medicine
  • Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews (Full Report; requires login)
• Joanna Briggs Institute
• Office of Health Assessment and Translation (OHAT)
  • Handbook for Conducting Systematic Reviews
• RAMESES Projects
• World Health Organization

Standards and Guidelines for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Evidence Syntheses

• Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
• Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards (RAMESES)
• Reporting Standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses in Environmental Research (ROSES)
• Structured Approach to the Reporting in Healthcare Education of Evidence Synthesis (STORIES)

More reporting guidelines, including those for other study types, are available from the EQUATOR Network.