LitRev generates a PRISMA 2020-compliant flow diagram automatically from your project data. Here's what's included and how to export.
What the PRISMA flow shows
The diagram tracks records through 4 stages:
- Identification — Records imported from databases + records identified from other sources
- Screening — Records screened (after duplicate removal) and records excluded at title/abstract
- Eligibility — Full-text articles assessed and full-text articles excluded (with reasons)
- Included — Studies included in your final review
The exclusion reasons box shows your full-text exclusions grouped by PRISMA category:
- Wrong population
- Wrong intervention
- Wrong outcome
- Wrong study design
- Wrong publication type
- Conference abstract only
- Not in English
- (and others)
Export options
PRISMA flow as PNG
Go to your project's PRISMA page and click Export PNG. The diagram is exported at 2x resolution for crisp printing in manuscripts.
Included studies as CSV
On the Export page, click Download included studies (CSV). The CSV contains: Title, Authors, Year, Journal, DOI, PMID, Abstract, and Notes for every record that passed full-text screening.
Included studies as RIS
Click Download included studies (RIS) for a citation manager import. Open the .ris file in Zotero, EndNote, or Mendeley to continue managing your references there.
Full methods text
On the Export page, click Copy methods to copy a pre-written methods paragraph based on your project's numbers. Paste this into the Methods section of your manuscript and edit as needed.
What's not exported
- Risk of bias assessments — coming in a future update
- Data extraction tables — coming in a future update
- Inter-rater agreement statistics — coming in a future update
For now, do data extraction and risk of bias in your tool of choice (Excel, RevMan, ROBINS-I) using LitRev's included-studies CSV as your source list.