Build a PRISMA 2020 flow diagram that checks your arithmetic, convert effect sizes for meta-analysis, and turn your concepts into search strings for seven database/platform outputs and registry prompts. Calculations stay local. Online MeSH lookup and optional AI send research terms only after you approve.
Enter your numbers as you screen. Grey boxes calculate themselves, and anything that does not add up is flagged before a reviewer sees it. Download as SVG for the manuscript or PNG for slides and posters.
Layout follows the PRISMA 2020 flow diagram template (Page MJ, et al. BMJ 2021;372:n71). Your entries are saved in this browser only.
Studies rarely report data the way your meta-analysis needs it. Convert once, record what you did in your extraction notes, and run a sensitivity analysis without the converted studies when the data look skewed.
Start from your research question and get suggested terms from MeSH, a controlled vocabulary used to index MEDLINE records. Then review the terms, and copy draft search strategies for seven database/platform outputs and registry prompts.
1Start from your question
Write it the way you would title your review. We split it into concepts and look each one up in MeSH. You can change anything afterwards.
Most reviews search only the population and the intervention. Comparators and outcomes are often missing from titles and abstracts, so searching them can make you miss eligible studies.
2Review and edit your concepts
Terms within a concept are joined with OR, and concepts are joined with AND. One term per line. Use * for truncation, for example arter*. Embase uses its own vocabulary called Emtree, which is not publicly searchable, so add Emtree headings yourself from inside Embase.
3Copy your search strings
Make every string more thorough automatically
Test every string: each paper you already know should be included must appear in the results. Database syntax changes over time, so check the platform's help page if a string returns zero or millions of records.
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InsightMed combines three common evidence-synthesis tasks in one private browser workspace. Outputs remain drafts requiring scientific and information-specialist judgment.
PRISMA 2020 flow diagram generator
Enter identification, removal, screening and inclusion counts. The generator derives totals, flags inconsistent arithmetic and exports SVG or PNG.
Effect-size converter
Convert confidence intervals, change-score standard deviations, medians and spread statistics, standard errors, 2×2 tables and combined groups.
Systematic review search builder
Start with a topic or PICO question, review optional MeSH suggestions and produce editable platform-specific search drafts.
Capabilities and limits
Tool
Outputs
Important limitation
PRISMA flow diagram
Arithmetic checks; SVG and PNG
New reviews only; reconciled counts do not prove compliance.
Effect-size converter
Eight conversions with validation and source notes
Does not replace statistical review or sensitivity analysis.
Search strategy builder
PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, CENTRAL and registries
The InsightMed DIY Review Kit gives you the protocol template, screening guide, dual extraction workbook and submission pack we use in our own projects. Or join a mentored cohort and publish with our team.
