What is RevMan Web?

What is RevMan Web?

RevMan Web is a new web-based software for preparing and maintaining Cochrane Reviews. In these videos, orginally part of the Cochrane Learning Live webinar series, you will learn about the advantages of using a web application, get a walk-through in the application and learn how to start using it to edit your review.

What is the latest version of RevMan?

If you need to use RevMan 5, please ensure you are using RevMan 5.4. 1, the latest version released in September 2020.

How do I start a review on RevMan?

Getting started

  1. Use Chrome as your browser.
  2. Log in to RevMan Web and select your review on the ‘My Reviews’ panel.
  3. You can work on different parts of the review alongside your co-authors – everyone’s changes are continuously saved in the online version of the review.

What is RevMan used for?

Review Manager (RevMan) is Cochrane’s software for preparing and maintaining Cochrane reviews. RevMan facilitates preparation of protocols and full reviews, including text, characteristics of studies, comparison tables, and study data. It can perform meta-analysis of the data entered, and present results graphically.

Who can use RevMan Web?

It is available for use by all authors and editors of Cochrane Reviews of interventions. Getting started in RevMan Web is easy. Take 2 minutes out of your day to view the Quickstart guides for authors and editorial teams. Also, find all resources on RevMan Web on the RevMan training hub.

Is RevMan Web free?

RevMan is free of charge if used for purely academic use. However, it will be helpful to have some very basic information about the purpose of your planned use of RevMan 5.

Can I use RevMan?

The commercial use requires a license (all the income from the commercial licenses is re-applied to producing Cochrane tools and evidence). You are allowed to use RevMan free of charge to prepare Cochrane Reviews or for purely academic use. For commercial use you have to purchase a license.

Is RevMan free?

Is RevMan easy to use?

RevMan can be easily used by the medical researchers who are non-statisticians. For statisticians who work in the medical research area, RevMan is an easy tool to perform the meta analyses and generate the graphs (forest plot, funnel plot) in publication standard.

Is RevMan good for meta-analysis?

If you’re new to meta-analysis then you might feel more confident sticking with RevMan. If you want to have more flexibility to change how things look, or do some more powerful stats, then take the time to learn R or Stata.

What is revman (revman web)?

ReviewManager (RevMan) is Cochrane’s bespoke software for writing Cochrane Reviews. ► RevMan Web has been designed to integrate with other systematic review software and new features and updates are added regularly.

What is revman 5 and how do I use it?

► RevMan 5 is the desktop version of the software used for editing reviews not currently editable in RevMan Web ( diagnostic test accuracy reviews), for non-Cochrane reviews, and for offline working. You can use RevMan 5 alongside RevMan Web if needed.

What is the difference between Cochrane revman and reviewmanager?

There are two versions of Cochrane RevMan: RevMan Web (online) and RevMan 5 (desktop) ReviewManager (RevMan) is Cochrane’s bespoke software for writing Cochrane Reviews. ► RevMan Web has been designed to integrate with other systematic review software and new features and updates are added regularly.