PRISMA for Searching (PRISMA-Search)

The PRISMA extension for searching was published in 2021. The checklist includes 16 reporting items, each of which is detailed with exemplar reporting and rationale.

Key documents

  • Checklist: PDF | Word | Excel

  • Statement / Explanatory paper: Rethlefsen ML, Kirtley S, Waffenschmidt S, Ayala AP, Moher D, Page MJ, Koffel JB; PRISMA-S Group. PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature Searches in Systematic Reviews. Syst Rev. 2021;10(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01542-z

  • FAQs paper: Rethlefsen ML, Page MJ. PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S: common questions on tracking records and the flow diagram. J Med Libr Assoc 2022;110(2):253-257. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2022.1449