About ESRNexus
In an effort to accelerate research and encourage collaboration TrialStat introducedESRNexus (electronic systematic review nexus), a publicly searchable online coded reference library, in the fall of 2007. ESRNexus is designed to facilitate and promote the reuse of data that has been manually extracted from reference materials such as journal articles during the conduct of systematic reviews that have used TrialStat's SRS tool. References in the database are searchable in a manner similar to the United States National Library of Medicine's PubMed database, but in addition to standard fields, ESRNexus references also contain coded fields for all of the data to help improve the precision of searches
A Community Approach to Data CodingThe goal of ESRNexus to advance and accelerate the research process by allowing data captured during the systematic review process to be reused in future reviews and for other research purposes.
For the ESRNexus database to be useful it must provide deep coverage across a broad spectrum of research topics. By having reputable organization contribute their data to ESRNexus it allows the database to be easily populated, kept up-to-date and accurate.
TrialStat's SRS is currently the world's most widely used online tool for conducting systematic reviews. This web-based tool is used to manage the process of reference screening, data extraction and reporting in systematic reviews. SRS provides a near-paperless process which substantially reduces data collection errors, provides full auditability and transparency of process, facilitates international study collaboration and allows real-time monitoring of review progress.
During an SRS-based review, references are screened and data is extracted via a web interface directly into the study?s online database. The goal of ESRNexus is to allow SRS users to publish their study references along with their screening and extraction data (such as study characteristics) quickly and easily so that this information can be reused by other researchers or the public.
Publishing data collected in SRS to the public ESRNexus is entirely voluntary and reviewers who choose to publish data will retain copyright over their materials. The ESRNexus library is publicly available for searching free of charge.
Who is Contributing to the ESRNexus Database Today?
Free Reference Information Exchange Database (FRIEnD) Program for Cochrane and Campbell Review Groups
ESRNexus is a community-driven search tool that relies on the contributions of reference information from professional researchers from around the world.
The FRIEND program recognizes that many important review groups are non-profit organizations. As part of this program, TrialStat will make SRS freely available to research groups conducting Cochrane Collaboration or Campbell Collaboration reviews in exchange for their participation in helping to build the ESRNexus library.
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To help build and maintain a freely accessible, coded reference database for researchers and consumers to use; and,
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To make SRS available to world-leading not-for-profit teams conducting important research.
Publishing data from an SRS project to the ESRNexus is managed by a simple Publishing Wizard that will guide users through the process. The average time required to publish data from an SRS project to the ESRNexus is about 20 minutes.
How You Can Participate
- Be a Contributor
- If you are conducting a review on SRS, consider publishing a subset of your collected reference data or even just the abstracts from your review to the ESRNexus database so that others may benefit from it.
- If you are conducting a Cochrane or Campbell review, consider taking advantage of the opportunity to use SRS at no charge and contribute to the ESRNexus database at the same time.
- Be an Advisor
If you would like more information on FRIEND and ESRNexus, please contact us at nbarnes@trialstat.com
ESRNexus Privacy Policy
This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use ESRNexus, as well as some of the steps we take to protect information.
Personal Information Collected
- TrialStat collects personal information when you register for an ESRNexus account.
- ESRNexus uses cookies and other technologies to enhance the usability of the tool and to learn about how you use ESRNexus services in order to improve the quality of the site.
- ESRNexus is partially funded by Google AdSense advertising. Third parties may be placing and reading cookies in your browser, or using web beacons to collect information in the course of ads being served on ESRNexus.
- ESRNexus servers automatically record information when you visit our website or use some of our products, including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.
How Collected Information is Used
- ESRNexus and advertisers on ESRNexus may use collected information to provide the services you've requested, including services that display customized content and advertising.
- TrialStat may use personal information for auditing, research and analysis to operate and improve ESRNexus technologies and services.
- If we use third parties to assist us in processing your personal information, we require that they comply with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
- We may share information with third parties in limited circumstances, including when complying with legal process, preventing fraud or imminent harm, and ensuring the security of our network and services.
- TrialStat processes personal information on our servers in Canada.
Your Options
- You may decline to provide personal information to us and/or refuse cookies in your browser, although some of our features or services may not function properly as a result.
- We make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information upon request and to let you correct such data if it is inaccurate and delete it, when reasonably possible.