PRISMA Flow Diagram


In each moment of the systematic review development, you can go directly to the PRISMA Flow Diagram, which depicts the flow of information through the selected previous stages of a review.

To see the PRISMA Flow Diagram, go to the Main Project dashboard and click the  'Results’ tab in the side navigation bar.


Project dashboard view with 'Results' button highlighted in the sidebar navigation panel


The PRISMA diagram is automatically completed on the basis of all Researchers' decisions. Its general overview is based on the methodology and number of stages that you previously predefined .

You can export finished PRISMA diagram in one of the selected formats - SVG or JPG. 

PRISMA flowchart with possible export formats.

In the Laser AI, the following fields will be extracted automatically to the PRISMA:

  • Records screened
  • Records excluded in certain stage with the division to the predefined exclusion reasons
  • Reports sought for the retrieval
  • Report not retrieved
  • Reports of included studies and New studies included in review.


Additionally, you can add more data to the PRISMA:

  • all searched databases and number of records identified through them
  • number of studies identified by methods other than searching databases.

On the basis of this number of records found in particular databases, tool will automatically recalculate the number of duplicates.

PRISMA module in Laser AI allows you also to rename each stage according to current standards and preferences.

PRISMA flowchart with detailed description of dashboard elements



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