CoLRev is an open-source environment for collaborative literature reviews. It integrates with differerent synthesis tools, takes care of the data, and facilitates Git-based collaboration.
To accomplish these goals, CoLRev advances the design of review technology at the intersection of methods, design, cognition, and community building. The following features stand out:
- Supports all literature review steps: problem formulation, search, dedupe, (pre)screen, pdf retrieval and preparation, and synthesis
- An open and extensible environment based on shared data and process standards
- Builds on git and its transparent collaboration model for the entire literature review process
- Offers a self-explanatory, fault-tolerant, and configurable user workflow
- Operates a model for data quality, content curation, and reuse
- Enables typological and methodological pluralism throughout the process
See the documentation and statements of development status for more details. A brief overview presented at ESMARConf2023 is available on YouTube.
A live demonstration is available via GitHub codespaces: start demo.
Contributions, code and features are always welcome
- See contributing guidelines, help page, and github repository.
- Bug reports or feedback? Please use the issue tracker and let us know.
- To get your work included, fork the repository, implement your changes, and create a pull request.
For further information, see tests, changes, and releases.
This project is distributed under the MIT License the documentation is distributed under the CC-0 license. If you contribute to the project, you agree to share your contribution following these licenses.
Please cite the project as follows:
Wagner, G. and Prester, J. (2024) CoLRev - An open-source environment for Collaborative Literature Reviews. Available at https://github.com/CoLRev-Environment/colrev.