Context pane

The Context pane contains several sections and can be viewed using either the Default view or the Full-text View.

Click the Context button located to the right of the review title in RevMan. To view the details of each section in the Context pane, click on the section title to open the drop-down menu.


  • Studies: This section has sub-sections that show the titles of Included and Excluded studies, Studies awaiting classification, and Ongoing studies. The number of studies included in each category also appears. If a study is added while the Context pane is open, you may need to click the refresh symbol next to the section title to refresh the number of studies that appear in that section.
  • Summary of findings: This section provides a list of the Summary of Findings tables that have been created, as well as a link to view the tables in RevMan. To edit them, click on the Tables section on the left-hand menu. 
  • Analyses: This section provides a list of the main analyses in the review, which can be expanded to show outcome-level results. See how to view and insert analysis results into the review text.
  • Notes: This section shows a list of the notes that are present in the section of the review currently being worked on. Clicking on each note will bring you to the section of the review for that note. 
  • Validation errors/Validation warnings: These sections show the errors and warnings that are present throughout the review. Each listed error or warning is a link, which will take you to the place in the review where the error or warning has been detected.