Covidence

You can import references into Covidence by clicking on the Import Studies tool from your Review Summary page. Here you can select the file and the category (which is the stage or step of the review process) that the references will appear in.  Covidence currently supports three formats for file imports:

• EndNote XML
• PubMed text format
• RIS text format

You can import files up to 50 MB in size into Covidence, and up to 15,000 references. Larger files may take longer to upload and process. One file can be imported at a time, and there is no limit to how many imports you can perform.
 

Covidence automatically de-duplicates and studifies references upon import. These are reported on the PRISMA chart as well. 
 

To import references to your review:

1. Click "Import" from the Review Summary page
   
2. Select which stage you'd like to import studies into
   • Screen: studies for title and abstract screening
   • Full text review: studies included during title and abstract screening, which are now ready for full text review
   • Included: studies included during full text review, which are now ready data extraction
   • Excluded: studies excluded during full text review
   • Irrelevant:  studies excluded during title and abstract screening
3. Click "Choose file" and select the file from your computer
4. Click "Import"
   

Once your file is uploaded, you'll be re-directed to your Review Summary page. From here you can monitor the progress of your import, as shown below.

Once you’ve successfully imported your file into Covidence, it’s best to check your import. To do this, go back to the Import studies tool >> Import History page. Here you can see those references that Covidence has automatically detected as duplicate or studified record.