Importing Citations
You can import citations into Covidence by clicking on the Import button from your Review Summary page.
Here you can select the file and the category (which is the stage or step of the review process) that the references will appear in. Covidence currently supports three formats for file imports: EndNote XML, PubMed text format, and RIS text format.
Per the above image, selecting from which database the citations are being imported allows for the efficient creation of the PRISMA flow diagram later in the review process. It is recommended that you import citations from each database you’ve searched individually to create a more robust PRISMA flow diagram.
According to Covidence, “You can import an unlimited number of references into Covidence, however you can only import 15,000 at a time. If your file contains more than 15,000 references, simply split it into batches of 15,000 or fewer. Additionally, files can be up to 50 MB in size; larger files may take longer to upload and process. Only one file can be imported at a time, but there is no limit to how many imports you can perform.”
Covidence automatically de-duplicates references upon import. These are reported on the PRISMA flow diagram as well.
