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could revolutionise research across all disciplines by significantly reducing the time academics spend reviewing previous evidence on a subject, which is a starting point for many projects.

“If doing that review is taking up more than a year, before you can even get to undertaking the primary research, that’s a substantial drawback and slowdown to discovery,” he says.

“And it can also be expensive, so this would free up more money for better, high-quality primary studies. The flow-on benefits are phenomenal throughout the entire research sector.”

All the tools developed by the IEBH are available free online for any researcher to use. He says the numbers have been growing consistently with the user base coming from around the globe.

The next step is to develop a program that not only links all the tools together but provides clear guidance for new users and new researchers on how to undertake a systematic review, walking them through the process end-to-end.

“This is the aspect that we’re hoping to commercialise as a game-changing opportunity for research institutions,” he says.

“The standalone tools will remain freely available for anyone who wants to use them but they still require someone fairly experienced at undertaking systematic reviews to work at the speeds we’ve been delivering.

“The aim of this new project is to remove that barrier so less experienced researchers can undertake these types of reviews much faster by giving them the guidance and support they need.”

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