Welcome!
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is delighted to offer all current staff, researchers, and students access to its unlimited institutional licence to Covidence.
Covidence is a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic/ scoping/ rapid/ literature reviews. It supports reference/citation screening, full-text review, risk of bias/quality assessment, extraction of study characteristics and outcomes, and the export of data and references. The platform interface is intuitive, saving time on repetitive review tasks and enabling faster review production, with more time for analysis and interpretation.
Why join RCSI Ireland licence access to Covidence
Unlimited reference/citation for each review
Unlimited number of reviewers for each review
Unlimited number of reviews
How to join RCSI Ireland licence account
Create your user personal account with Covidence before or after joining the licence account. To request your email invitation to get access, you must use your valid institutional email address (@rcsi.ie).
Go to - request your invitation page
Enter your information (using your @rcsi.ie address) and click the "Request Invitation" link
The invitation will be emailed to you (you may need to check your spam folder if it does not appear in your inbox within a few minutes): Click "Accept this invitation"
Sign in if you already have an existing personal Covidence account with your @rcsi.ie email or sign up for a new account (using your @rcsi.ie email)
After successfully joining the licence, you will be able to sign in by visiting: https://www.covidence.org/sign_in
Starting a review under the licence account
Sign in to Covidence
Select “Start a new review”
Under 'Which account do you want to use?", make sure to select "RSCI Ireland"
Please note: If you have started a review in the wrong licence, please contact support@covidence.org
Reviews created using the institutional trial access account will be visible to Covidence subscription administrators. Reviews created using your personal account are only visible to you.
Once you have created a review or accepted an invitation to another institutional trial access account review, the title will appear in a separate section on your account homepage:
More about Covidence
The interface is intuitive and suitable for students and experienced reviewers. Covidence can save time on repetitive review tasks, enabling faster review production and more time for analysis and interpretation.
Discover more about Covidence on each link:
Import references - Covidence works seamlessly with reference management software such as EndNote (Desktop or Online), or any tool that supports RIS or other file formats. Covidence can automatically remove duplicates for you.
Screen title & abstract - Breeze through screening with keyword highlighting & a lightning-quick interface. Covidence keeps full records of who voted and supports single or dual screeners.
Bulk PDF import - Transfer PDFs stored in your reference manager to Covidence in a few clicks.
Screen full text - Decide quickly on studies in full text. Capture reasons for exclusion and any notes so you can resolve any disagreements quickly, with a click of a button.
Create forms - Be in control and stay focused on your PICO question. Customisable extraction forms mean you only spend time extracting what you need.
Customise risk of bias - Automatically populate your risk of bias tables by highlighting and commenting on the text directly in your PDF.
Conduct data extraction - Extract data efficiently with a side-by-side view of your customised form and PDF. Then, when you are done, easily compare your form with other reviewers.
Export - Covidence exports to all the common formats so you can continue your review in your preferred software.
Collaborate - You can invite other reviewers (including external colleagues) to work with you on the project.
Support from Covidence
Covidence offers a range of available resources and support to help you along the way with your systematic review process.
To get familiar with how a Covidence workflow works, you can try our pre-set Demo review. This will allow you to gain hands-on experience and better understand the process. You will find it at the bottom of your dashboard once you have signed in. Give it a go and feel free to explore!
Getting started with Covidence - video tutorials that guide you through the initial area to get you started.
Covidence Knowledge Base - home to all of our comprehensive articles, instructions and advice to FAQs.
Covidence Academy - Learn and understand the essentials of systematic reviews and gain insight with expert-led training and content to guide you through every step of the review process.
Covidence eBook Collection - Download our step-by-step practical guides for Systematic Review Success.
Monthly Open Training Webinars - Join our Community Team for free webinars (registration required) or watch our recent recordings without delay.
Online Support Team- contact our team directly for support on your review by emailing support@covidence.org
When logged into your account, you can also easily contact the Support Team via the chat icon in the lower right corner, and the comprehensive articles from our Knowledge Base from the '?' icon on the upper right corner of the window.
Maintaining Access to Your Work When Leaving the University
You are required to add a secondary email address before leaving, as this will ensure uninterrupted access to your Covidence account.
If you need to log back into your Covidence account but cannot because you don’t have access to your university email address anymore, please get in touch by emailing support@covidence.org.