± Spreadsheet(Excel)

Purpose

Item Reported by
Organize studies 7
Group data 3
Removing Duplicates 3
Data Exctraction 2
Analysis 2
Track process 2
Visualization 1
Collaboration 1
Inclusion and Exclusion Support 1
Classify data 1
Paper identification 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Not adapted for SLRs 4
Manual analysis 2
Cannot Store PDF 1
Data extraction 1
Printing Graphs 1
Integration with other tools 1
Snowballing not supported 1

± Digital Libraries and Search Engines

Purpose

Item Reported by
Retrieve studies 1
Other 1
Remove Duplicates 1
Searching 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Search string differences across tools 2
Other 2
Manual analysis 1
Difficult Snowballing 1
Too Many False Positive 1

± Jabref

Purpose

Item Reported by
Organize studies 2
Availablity 2
Filtering Capablities 1
Removing Duplicates 1
Tailorable 1
Handle differently formatted references 1
Commonly used 1
Manage references 1
Anotation 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Difficult to Customize 1
Defining Search String 1
Search feature does not work 1

± Mendeley

Purpose

Item Reported by
Organize studies 5
Organize notes 2
Generate bib file 1
Unknown 1
Coding 1
Study Classification 1
Storage of results 1
Export references 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
No Customizable UI To Store Information 2
Not adapted for SLRs 2
No Space To Store Paper 1
Removing Duplicates is Difficult 1
PDF Annotation is Independent 1
Tracing Papers throughout SLR Phases 1
Sync problems 1
Paper organization 1

± Custom tool

Purpose

Item Reported by
Data extraction 1
Summarization 1
Studies Classification 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Other 1
Manual Work 1
Obscure 1

± StArt

Purpose

Item Reported by
Organizing Studies 2
Protocol Guidelines 1
Removing Duplicates 1
Importing external resources 1
Step-by-step guide 1
Track search process 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Defining Search String 2
Downloading References is Not Automated 1
Snowballing not supported 1

± End Note

Purpose

Item Reported by
Organize bibliographic data 3
Download references 2
Collaboration 1
Extract bibliographic data 1
Validate search process 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Difficult to Collaborate 2
Incomplete Records 1
Lack of set-based operations 1
Manual Work 1
Difficult to Customize 1
Difficult to Import and Export 1

± RefWorks

Purpose

Item Reported by
Exporting References 1
Aggregate papers in common format 1
Storage of results 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Removing Duplicates is Difficult 1
No Customizable UI To Store Information 1
PDF Annotation is Independent 1
Tracing Papers throughout SLR Phases 1

± Text Mining

Purpose

Item Reported by
Identify keywords 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Results,made no sense 1

± Google scholar

Purpose - None Reported

Limitations - None Reported

± REviewER

Purpose

Item Reported by
Downloading Papers Automatically 1
Automated and Aggregated Search 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
It does not download from all sources 1

± Zotero

Purpose

Item Reported by
Cross Platform 1
Retrieve References 1
Detect duplicates 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Slow 1
Managing duplicates 1

± SLR Tool

Purpose - None Reported

Limitations - None Reported

± Sharelatex

Purpose

Item Reported by
Writing Paper 1

Limitations - None Reported

± Unkown Tool

Purpose - None Reported

Limitations - None Reported

± Google drive

Purpose

Item Reported by
Organize stuides 1
Version control 1
Storage of information 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Disorganized
1
Desktop synchronization 1
No batch copy
1
Shared repositories confusing 1

± Dropbox

Purpose - None Reported

Limitations - None Reported

± MS Word

Purpose - None Reported

Limitations - None Reported

± Publish or perish

Purpose

Item Reported by
Organize notes 1

Limitations - None Reported

± Reseachr

Purpose - None Reported

Limitations

Item Reported by
No Space To Store Paper 1
No Customizable UI To Store Information 1

± SESRA

Purpose

Item Reported by
Process Management 1
Follow-up 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Needs additional support 1

± NVivo

Purpose

Item Reported by
Study Storage 1
Paper identification 1

Limitations - None Reported

± GSResearch

Purpose

Item Reported by
Customizability 1
Automation 1

Limitations - None Reported

± SLuRP

Purpose

Item Reported by
Automatic Download of Papers 1
Inclusion and Exclusion Support 1

Limitations

Item Reported by
Difficult to use without training 1