Select Include Reports in the main menu on the left and potentially relevant in the "Inclusion state" drop-down menu. Do not forget to press the Submit button.



Select the reference you want to screen by clicking on the report ID in the "Report ID" column.



Provide your fulltext assessment by clicking on included, excluded i.e. the specific reason for exclusion, or unclear on the right of the pop-up window.




If you uploaded a file related to the report you can show and hide the fulltext.




Press the Close button if you have finished your work (and there are still references that need to be assessed; if you assessed all references the pop-up will close automatically after the last assessment).



You can view your assessments by selecting eligibility assessed in the "Inclusion state" drop-down menu (you can also filter according to your inclusion assessments). Do not forget to press the Submit button.



You can change your assessment by clicking on the report ID.

RevBase supports the consensus process if fulltext assessments are done by two different authors.

Select Include Reports in the main menu on the left and not consented yet in the "Inclusion state" drop-down menu.



A table of all fulltexts that were assessed by two authors but that have not been consented yet is shown. Discrepancies between the two authors are highlighted in red. The last column provides a drop-down menu ("Consensus") to perform the consensus. In case of no discrepancies between the authors the agreed assessment is pre-selected. For all other reports the consented assessment needs to be selected. Do not forget to press the Submit button to save your work.

The view of some steps is different for authors and consentors. If you have been assigned both user roles you can switch between these two roles at the top of the screen.

Yes, you can upload one file per report/reference (if you have multiple files per report combine them in a dedicated program e.g. Adobe Acrobat Professional or a freeware tool and upload the combined file).


Click Include Reports in the left menu and select the status of the reference for which you want to upload a file in the "Inclusion state" drop-down menu (usually potentially relevant).



Click on the respective report ID in the "Report ID" column. In the pop-up window click on the Choose file button and browse for the file on your local drive.




Upload the file by clicking on the Upload button.