1.4 Registering a review

JBI Systematic review authors must register their review. This enables other reviewers to identify reviews that are currently underway and helps to avoid unnecessary duplication of research.  

JBI requires that protocols of eligible review projects are registered with PROSPERO, the international prospective register of systematic reviews prior to the conduct and publication  of the review. The systematic review should include the registration number provided by PROSPERO as well as the reference to the published protocol at the beginning of the 'Methods' section of the review report. Scoping reviews cannot be registered in PROSPERO; other research servers such as Open Science Framework, provide a ready platform for both registration as well as to provide access to pertinent data.¹² Registration records, either in PROSPERO or on another registry or server should be updated if changes are made to the project and as the review project progresses towards completion. 

Members of the JBI Collaboration can register their review titles with JBI via completion of the online Systematic Review Title Registration Form. Once titles become registered with JBI, they are listed on the website. Titles are subsequently removed when the full protocol is publicly available, either published or posted to an accessible website.