Can 1 person do a systematic review?

Can you do a systematic review by yourself?

Systematic reviews cannot be performed alone. One investigator is not sufficient to reduce the risk of bias in the review process. It is essential that Cochrane reviews be undertaken by more than one person.

Can a systematic review be done by one author?

Systematic Reviews need to have more than one author in order to be considered "systematic". A team can help cut down on bias, make judgment calls on allowing articles, and many journals will reject a study if it is labeled systematic review but only has one author.

How many people are needed for a systematic review?

By using an online version, you can allow your co-researchers to have access to the studies. Given that at least 2 researchers will be needed to review the potentially included studies, online citation management allows for easy access by the multiple researchers.

Do two people need to do a systematic review?

As anyone who has worked on a systematic review (SR) knows, screening references for the study selection stage of the SR process can be quite time consuming and labor intensive. Ideally, the screening should be done by two people working independently, so it is a lot of work – times two!