Moving data from Covidence to RevMan – the advantages of a standardised data package


Covidence is one of Cochrane’s recommended tools and can accelerate production of your reviews by enabling you to rapidly screen abstracts and full text before extracting study data. But how do you get that study data into RevMan Web to perform meta analyses and report the results?

In this Cochrane Learning Live webinar, the presenters covered how study data and references can be imported into RevMan Web from Covidence. The session looked at the structure in which study data is imported into RevMan, and how this might be populated manually or by other tools in the review production ecosystem.

This webinar was aimed at any review author who wants to learn how to get extracted study data into RevMan Web with speed and accuracy. It's also for anyone interested in the potential for study data reuse and the value of a standardised data package in this space.

The session was delivered in February 2024 and below you will find the videos from the webinar, together with the accompanying slides to download [PDF].

Part 1: Study-centric data in RevMan
Part 2: Preparing your RevMan review for importing data from Covidence
Part 3: How to import Covidence data files into RevMan
Part 4: Questions and answers


Presenter Bios

Julie Brown is a Community Manager with Covidence. She has a background as a health professional and over 18 years’ experience of preparing systematic reviews and clinical guidelines.

Sean Gardner is the product owner for RevMan Web, responsible for ensuring the tool contributes maximally to Cochrane’s mission. His background is in biomedical engineering, with product management experience in the healthcare simulation domain.


Part 1: Study-centric data in RevMan


Part 2: Preparing your RevMan review for importing data from Covidence


Part 3: How to import Covidence data files into RevMan


Part 4: Questions and answers


Additional materials

Download the slides from the webinar [PDF]

Covidence Knowledge Base

RevMan Knowledge Base