Advanced review version search options

Review version search is an Advanced Search for specific published review versions. For example, you can

It allows specification of detailed search criteria relating to the content of the searched document versions, e.g. where the Declaration of interest section contains the word ‘none’. It enables exporting of specific data from the hits, such as the number of included studies or the Authors’ conclusions section.

The main differences between Review Version Search and Document search are listed in the following table:

 

Document search for reviews

Review version search

Type of result

Review documents

Individual published versions

Possible results per review

One

More than one

Age of searchable information

Only current

Historical and current

Search in contents

General, free text only

Section specific, can also be on number of elements

Export options

Attributes only

Attributes and content

 

You can search for review versions using the following search fields:

  • Versions Published between

  • Versions First Published between

  • Review Title

  • Entity

  • Review Type

  • Stage

  • Status

- Publication Flags -

  • New

  • Amended

  • New or Updated

  • Concl. Changed/Major Change

  • Updated and Changed

  • Stable

  • New Citation

  • Feedback Incorporated

- Review Content -

  • Text

  • Number of ...

  • Section ...

- Contact Info -  

  • Contact Person

  • Country of Contact Person

  • Contact Country Developing

  • Author

  • Country of Author

 

- Miscellaneous -

  • DOI (CD Number)

  • RevMan ID

  • Review No

  • Created

  • Checked in by

  • Assessed as Up-to-date

  • Date Searched

  • Protocol First Published

  • Review First Published

  • Version Description

  • File Size (bytes)

- Advanced - (see note below)

  • XPath Exist

  • XPath Count

  • XPath Value

  • XPath Section

- Relative to Selection -

  • Selected Review Versions - restrict search to review version selection set.

  • Previous Published Version -  based on review version selection set.

  • Last Published Version -  based on review version selection set.

  • Versions for Selected Reviews - based on review selection set.

 

Note: The four XPath options are for complex searches of the XML structure of reviews. Individual users should not attempt to use the fields without assistance from the IMS team.,    

 

Search fields, and corresponding options:

Search criteria

Conditions

Search term

DOI (CD Number)

RevMan ID

Review No

Review Title

Version Title

Version Description

Text

Contains

Equals

Begins with

Does not contain

Enter a free-text search term

  • Tip: Contains and Begins with are useful if you are unsure how to spell a search term.

New

Amended

New or Updated

Concl. Changed/Major Change

Updated and Changed

Stable

New Citation

Feedback Incorporated

Contact Country Developing

Yes

No

-

 

Entity

Review Type

Stage

Status

Country of Contact Person

Country of Author

Is

Is not

Choose your search term from pull-down list

Author

Contact Person

Checked in by

Is

Is not

Search for and select a person you want using the button

Created

Assessed as Up-to-date

Date Searched

Before

After

On

Not before

Not after

Input the date of your search using the  button

  • Tip: The difference between Before and Not after, and between After and Not before, is whether the date itself is included. For example, searching on records created After 1 January 2000 will only find records from 2 January onwards.

Protocol First Published

Review First Published

Is

Is not

Choose issue from the pull-down list

Versions Published between

Versions First Published between

-

Choose first and last issue from the pull-down lists

File Size (bytes)

Equals

Not equals

Greater than

Less than

Greater than or equals

Less than or equals

Enter a number

Number of ...

 

Equals

Not equals

Greater than

Less than

Greater than or equals

Less than or equals

Choose a review item from the pull-down list, and enter a number

Section ...

 

Contains

Equals

Begins with

Does not contain

Choose a review section from the pull down list, and enter a free-text search term