Documentation Index
These are the latest versions of the RevMan 5 documentation.
Note: A technical guide for installation and connection settings is in the Download section. A FAQ for RevMan is also available.
Release of RevMan 5.1 and implications for Authors and Editorial Staff
- What's new in RevMan 5.1 - Slides used in webinar sessions to introduce Editorial Staff to RevMan 5.1.
- Changes to the Cochrane 'Risk of Bias' tool
- How a review edited in RevMan 5.1 appears in RevMan 5.0, i.e. to authors still using RevMan 5.0.
Top Tips for Authors
- Top tips for Authors using RevMan 5 and Archie. UPDATED version.
Tutorials
There are two tutorials, one for Intervention Reviews, and one for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews. Each tutorial is a self-training package that in a few hours will lead you through the basics of preparing a Cochrane review in RevMan. They are automatically installed with RevMan 5 and can be accessed from the Help menu.
The RevMan User Guide
The RevMan User Guide is utomatically installed with RevMan 5, and can be accessed from the Help menu.You can also download it as a pdf file.
Introduction to RevMan 5
Webinars* presented by the Canadian Cochrane Network & Centre (note these webinars refer to RevMan 5.0).Part 1 and Part 2.
* You might be requested to install Java on you computer
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews
The latest version of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is available from the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook webpage.The Style Guide
The Style Guide is being continuously updated. The latest version is available from the Cochrane Style Guide webpage.More information related to the Style Guide at the Cochrane Style Resource webpage.
Diagnostic Test Accuracy Working Group
The Diagnostic Test Accuracy Working Group web page provides resources and information to all those involved in preparing Cochrane systematic reviews of the accuracy of diagnostic tests.Reference Management files
Configuration files used for transferring references between RevMan and reference management software (both ways) can be downloaded from here.
Validation rules
See the rules used in review validation.
