Table 4.3.

Options for protocol registration of evidence syntheses

Journals a
BMJ Open	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/pages/authors/#protocol
BioMed Central	https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/submission-guidelines/preparing-your-manuscript/protocol
JMIR Research Protocols	https://support.jmir.org/hc/en-us
World Journal of Meta-analysis	https://www.wjgnet.com/2308-3840/index.htm
Exclusive systematic review registration sites
Cochraneb	https://community.cochrane.org/review-production/production-resources/proposing-and-registering-new-cochrane-reviews
JBIc	https://jbi.global/systematic-review-register
PROSPEROd	https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/
Research Registry: Registry of Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analysesd	https://www.researchregistry.com/browse-the-registry#registryofsystematicreviewsmeta-analyses/
International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols (INPLASY)d	https://inplasy.com/
Non-specific research registration sites
Center for Open Scienced	https://www.cos.io/initiatives/prereg
Protocols.iod	https://www.protocols.io/
Data repositories e
Figshare	https://figshare.com/
Open Science Framework	https://osf.io/
Zenodo	https://zenodo.org

^a Authors are advised to contact their target journal regarding submission of systematic review protocols.

^b Registration is restricted to approved review projects.

^c The JBI registry lists review projects currently underway by JBI-affiliated entities. These records include a review’s title, primary author, research question, and PICO elements. JBI recommends that authors register eligible protocols with PROSPERO.

^d See Pieper and Rombey¹³⁷

for detailed characteristics of these five registries.

^e See Pieper and Rombey¹³⁷

for other systematic review data repository options.