About the Systematic Review Data Repository Plus (SRDR+)

In an effort to reduce the burden of conducting systematic reviews, researchers and developers at the Brown University Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) (previously at Tufts Medical Center), with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a collaborative, Web-based repository of systematic review data. This resource serves as both an archive and data extraction tool and is shared among organizations and individuals producing systematic reviews worldwide, enabling the creation of a central database of systematic review data which may be critiqued, updated, and augmented on an ongoing basis. This database is freely accessible to facilitate evidence reviews and thus improve and speed up policy-making with regards to healthcare.

SRDR+ is an updated version of SRDR with a range of new features and improvements to the system. For a period of time, both SRDR and SRDR+ will run in parallel. We will send out notifications so that you are prepared for the eventual migration of all projects from SRDR to SRDR+.

Why have an open systematic review data repository?

Such a repository helps the world in various ways, such as through:

Improved access to data by consumers of systematic review evidence;
Promotion of transparency and reliability in the systematic review process via communal review;
Enhanced cooperation and utilization across related resources (such as ClinicalTrials.gov );
More efficient means of producing and updating systematic reviews; and
Facilitation of other novel avenues of inquiry, such as those investigating research methodology (e.g., comparing different types of outcomes across disciplines, or comparing methodological quality of studies based on funding sources) by concentrating relevant data into one readily available resource.

SRDR Annual Reports

The Systematic Review Data Repository has experienced significant growth since it was released to the public in June 2012. The following reports, released on an annual basis, proceed to record the growth of SRDR. We invite you to download these reports in a PDF format using the links below.

2013:	SRDR Annual Report: February 2013 - November 2013	PDF (1.0MB)
2014:	SRDR Annual Report: December 2013 - November 2014	PDF (1.0MB)
2015:	SRDR Annual Report: December 2014 - November 2015	PDF (1.0MB)
2016:	SRDR Annual Report: December 2015 - November 2016	PDF (1.0MB)
2017:	SRDR Annual Report: December 2016 - November 2017	PDF (1.0MB)
2019:	SRDR Annual Report: December 2017 - May 2019	PDF (1.6MB)
2020:	SRDR Annual Report: June 2019 - May 2020	PDF (2.2MB)
2021:	SRDR Annual Report: January 2020 - December 2020	PDF (2.3MB)
2022:	SRDR Annual Report: January 2021 - December 2021	PDF (2.4MB)
2023:	SRDR Annual Report: January 2022 - November 2022	PDF (1.1MB)

SRDR Project Team

Ian Saldanha, MBBS, MPH, PhD

Director and Principal Investigator:

Brown University

Joseph Lau, MD

Founder and former Director:

Brown University

Ethan Balk, MD, MPH

Co-Investigator:

Brown University

Bryant Smith, MPH, CPH

Administrator:

Brown University

Gaelen Adam, MPH, PhD

Program Manager:

Brown University

Jens Jap, BS

Lead Programmer:

Brown University

CONSULTANTS

Joseph Lau, MD

Brown University

Byron Wallace, PhD

Northeastern University

Iain Marshall, MRCGP, PhD

King’s College London

Randy Jap, MSc

PAST CONTRIBUTORS

Christopher Parkin

Amy Earley

Nira Hadar

Ramon Iovin

Manlik Kwong

Stanley Ip

Sarah Keefe

Birol Senturk

SRDR Governance Board

CURRENT MEMBERS

James Scott Parrott, PhD (Chair) Professor, Rutgers University School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ, USA	Linn Brandt, MD Member, MAGIC Board, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Christine Laine, MD, MPH Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, USA	Robert McDonough, MD, JD, MPP Senior Director, Clinical Policy Research & Development, Aetna, Hartford, CT, USA
Maria Michaels, MBA, PMP Public Health Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA	Karen Robinson, MSc, PhD Associate Professor and Director, Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Joanne M. Spahn, MS, RD, FADA Lead Nutritionist, US Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Alexandria, VA, USA	James Thomas, PhD Associate Director, Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre), University College London, London, UK
Howard White, PhD Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA	Craig Whittington, PhD Global Head of Quality, Methodology & Innovation, Doctor Evidence, LLC., Santa Monica, CA, USA

FORMER MEMBERS (WITH CURRENT AFFILIATIONS):

Kay Dickersin, MA, PhD Professor Emeritus and Former Director, Cochrane Eyes and Vision, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA	David Moher, PhD Editor-in-Chief, Systematic Reviews, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ida Sim, MD, PhD Technical Lead, Vivli, Professor, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA	Lesley A. Stewart Professor and Director, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK
David Tovey, MBBS Editor-in-Chief, Cochrane Library, London, UK	Craig A. Umscheid, MD Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery and Service and Innovation, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Evelyn P. Whitlock, MD, MPH Senior Scientific Officer, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA	Deborah A. Zarin, MD Former Director, ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA

For more information, please contact us at SRDR@ahrq.hhs.gov.