📑 Export Search & Results

Flinn lets you export your literature search and results in several formats — for documentation, reference management, or your report. This page walks through each option.

How to export

1. Open a search whose results list has at least one result.
2. Click Export in the top-right of the results table to open the Export panel.
   
   

   

3. Click on Export as..
4. Choose what you want to export from the list.

Your export options

All results (.xlsx) - Excel file

The Excel workbook documents the full search across several tabs:

• Report Summary — search name, search type, the Flinn version used for the export, who exported it and when it was last run, search labels (devices/device groups/other), timespan, each query's keywords and per-source translated syntax with result counts, and a screening and full-text evaluation summary with relevance/exclusion reason breakdowns (same content as the Report summary .docx export above).
• All papers — one row per result with: Flinn Link, DOI, source ID, query name, source, result type (Query / Upload / Recommender), authors, publication date, title, article type, journal, abstract, MeSH terms, and the screening and full-text evaluation results, reasons and notes.
• Appraisal templates — one tab per appraisal template used, with each paper's key data and appraisal answers. Only appears if an appraisal template was applied to the search.
  • Did you know? Flinn can calculate an evidence score based on your paper appraisal. 
    To activate it, select ✨Include Appraisal scoring at the moment of exporting.
    Can't see this option? Ask your Solution Manager to set-it-up for you. 
    
    
• Extraction — one tab per data-extraction template used, with each paper's key data plus every extracted field, grouped by section. Only appears if an extraction template was applied to the search.
  
  

Report summary (.docx) - Word file

A Word document summarizing your search and screening activity — ready to drop into your report or share with reviewers. It includes:

• Search details — search name, search type, last execution date/time, Flinn version used, and who exported it.
• Search labels — tagged devices, device groups, and other labels applied to the search.
• Timespan — the date range the search was run against.
• Queries — each query's title, date range and data sources, the search keywords, the translated query syntax per source, and result counts before and after deduplication.
• Screening summary — total and per-source counts of papers queried, manually added, screened, not screened, excluded, needing review, and relevant, with a breakdown of relevance and exclusion reasons.
• Full-text evaluation summary — total and per-source counts of papers relevant, with full-text evaluation, included, and excluded, with a breakdown of inclusion and exclusion reasons.

This is the same content as the Report Summary tab in the All results (.xlsx) export below, delivered as a standalone Word document.

Relevant results (.ris) - RIS file

A file to upload in your citation management tool

Exports your included papers in RIS format, compatible with any reference-management tool — EndNote, Citavi, Mendeley and Zotero — so you can bring your Flinn selection straight into your existing workflow. The file downloads directly to your computer.

Included full text (.ZIP)

Generates a ZIP containing all of your included PDFs (open-access and manually added), downloaded directly to your computer. 

PRISMA diagram

Downloads a PRISMA flow diagram representing your screening and selection process (records identified, screened, included and excluded) — useful documentation for a CER or systematic review.