The Nest Protocol outlines the goal, scope, and key tasks of your systematic literature review or meta-analysis. In it, the project leadership should provide critical background information, the context of the review, and primary and secondary endpoints.

Add headers, bullet points, and bold font. There is no one-size-fits all formula for a protocol! The goal of a 'best practices' protocol should be: enable someone unfamiliar with the project to carry out any of the Search, Screening, Tagging, Extraction, or interpretive tasks in your project in the same way that you, as project lead, would do.

Use bullet points and short sentences. Keep it brief. You may add images to the protocol when applicable. Optionally, you may add a table with common abbreviations and terminology.

Suggested Sections: Purpose/Research Question, Search Strategy, Scope, Population, Interventions, Outcomes

The protocol will appear at the nest home! Ensure that all reviewers on your team know where to find the Protocol. Optionally, you can download the protocol as a Word document in one-click.

The Protocol generally does not usually include specific reviewing instructions; it contains generalized nest methods. Be sure to communicate individual instructions and deadlines outside of the Protocol's contents.