Home | meta:umbrella

metaumbrella is designed to facilitate the realisation of umbrella reviews with stratification of evidence.

You can retrieve a complete description of the app in our scientific paper https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/26/1/e300534. To find out more about the project, head to our FAQs, read about the team behind metaumbrella, or check out the examples and tutorials sections.

You can try the app here, or access the project via our GitHub repository and CRAN package.

If you use one of our tools in your publications, please cite us: Gosling CJ, Solanes A, Fusar-Poli P, Radua J. metaumbrella: the first comprehensive suite to perform data analysis in umbrella reviews with stratification of the evidence. BMJ Ment Health. 2023;26(1):e300534. doi:10.1136/bmjment-2022-300534

What is metaumbrella?

The 'metaumbrella' app and its associated package in R is a tool that allows users to perform umbrella reviews with stratification of evidence.

How do I use the metaumbrella app?

To open the app, simply click on 'Try the app' button or click on 'App' section in the navigation bar. Once the app is open, you will be able to load your dataset, automatically run the meta-analyses and select the rating criteria needed for your umbrella review.

What are the features of the metaumbrella app?

The core features that the app provide are to (i) automatically perform all calculations required to conduct umbrella reviews (including but not limited to meta-analyses), (ii) stratify evidence according to various criteria, and (iii) generate a visual representation of the results.

I do not understand how the metaumbrella app works!

To make getting started easier, the sections 'Tutorial' and 'Examples' in the navigation bar provide general guidance on how using this app along with examples.

metaumbrella team
Corentin J Gosling, PhD
Author, creator & maintainer
Paris Nanterre University, France
Aleix Solanes Font, PhD
Author & creator
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
Paolo Fusar-Poli, MD, PhD
Author & creator

Joaquim Radua, MD, PhD
Author & creator
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
King's College London, UK
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden