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94 free research tools across seven areas: PRISMA and study selection, risk of bias assessment, meta-analysis calculators and plots, statistics calculators, protocol and reporting helpers, bioinformatics, and nursing documentation.
Yes. Every tool is free to use and none requires an account. Most tools run entirely in your browser, so your data is not uploaded; the few that look up references or search counts say so on their page.
The PRISMA Flow Diagram Generator. You enter the numbers of records identified, screened, excluded and included, and it produces a diagram that follows PRISMA 2020.
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