Importing search results from PubMed, Scopus, and Embase

LitRev accepts RIS, BibTeX, and CSV files from any major academic database. Here's how to export from the most common ones.

PubMed

1. Run your search on PubMed
2. Click "Send to" at the top of the results
3. Choose "Citation manager"
4. Click "Create file"
5. A .nbib file will download — rename the extension to .ris (they're the same format)
6. Upload to LitRev via your project's Import page

Scopus

1. Run your search on Scopus
2. Select all results (or use "Select all" at the top)
3. Click "Export"
4. Choose "RIS" as the format
5. Click "Export"
6. Upload the file to LitRev

Embase

1. Run your search on Embase
2. Click "Export" at the top
3. Choose "RIS format"
4. Select fields: at minimum include Title, Authors, Year, Journal, DOI, Abstract
5. Download and upload to LitRev

Web of Science

1. Run your search
2. Click "Export" → "Other File Formats"
3. Choose "RIS" or "BibTeX"
4. Save and upload

Duplicate detection

LitRev automatically deduplicates records based on DOI, PMID, and title similarity. Duplicates are excluded from your screening pool but counted in your PRISMA flow under "Duplicates removed."

Limits

There is no record limit on any plan. Import as many references as your search returns — including 10,000+ records for large evidence syntheses.