Export data

Export feature

The Export feature in RevMan allows exporting data from a selected review version as a ZIP file containing: 

• Article PDF 
• Article source files
  • Article XML
  • Article HTML
  • Figures
  • Supplementary materials (focused review format only)
• Data files
  • Study data CSV
  • Study data JSON (study-centric reviews only)
  • Study references RIS
  • Other references RIS
  • All analyses CSV 
• Status report

Go to RevMan Dashboard > History panel.

Select the version you need to export data for, by ticking the box to the left of the version. This enables the Export button.

Click on Export. 

A pop-up window named Export review data will appear to select the review data you want to export. Tick the relevant boxes and click on Generate export package.

Focused review format

If you have enabled the focused review format, you can export supplementary materials. Please note that you may export duplicate data if you select Supplementary materials and some of the other data options.

See further guidance on switching to focused review format.

Study-centric reviews

If you have enabled study-centric data, the Study data file is also available in JSON export format. The JSON file includes all data together. It can be imported from RevMan directly, facilitating the transfer of study data to another study-centric review when needed.

See further guidance on study centric data management.

Once the export has been completed, the Downloads panel automatically appears below the History panel. The export package is labelled with the corresponding export date and time.  

You can download the package by clicking on the Download icon. If you want to remove the package from the Downloads panel, click on the Bin icon. 

The Downloads panel is per user and per review. The exported package(s) are visible in the corresponding Downloads panel for each review and will not be visible to other users.

Find the zipped folder named “CDnumber-export-package" in your Downloads panel and unzip it.

Note: "CDnumber" changes in the file name according to the review CD number. The CD number is visible in the RevMan Dashboard > Status panel.

The export package

Depending on the data you have chosen to export, the folder will contain different files and folders. 

Article HTML 

The article can be exported in HTML format to preview it outside RevMan. To be able to see figures and open supplementary materials (focused review format only) in the HTML version, these files must be exported as well and extracted first. 

Analysis and study data

Unzip the CDnumber-data folder to find two sub-folders:

• Analysis data
• Study data

Note: If you have enabled the focused review format, analysis and study data are located in the CDnumber-SUP-datapackage.

Analysis data 

The folder contains three files: 

• Overall estimates and settings (analysis level)
• Subgroup estimates (mid-level estimates for each subgroup)
• Individual data rows (all the rows in all the analyses) 

When you export analysis data for a Diagnostic Test Accuracy review, the Analysis data folder will contain the following two files:

• Data rows
• Parameters

Study data 

Depending on the review type, the folder will contain a different number of files.

• Study information (information on which studies exist and study characteristics)
• Study arms
• Risk of bias
• Study results

When you export study data for a Diagnostic Test Accuracy review, the Study data folder will contain the following three files:

• Risk of bias
• Study test data
• Study information