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MetaCIH consists of a collection of software tools and websites. Together, this infrastructure provides an integrated meta-analysis workflow.

Components of the MetaCIH data flow:

• Meta-analytic databases are maintained and regularly updated by specialized university-based research teams.
• Updated or newly created databases are then transformed into a consistent format (MetaCIH data format).
• Each database is then pushed to its own Github repository, hosted by the metacih-project account.
• Database repositories are then officially released using Zenodo. At this step, a unique version number and digital object identifier (DOI) is created.
• The database documentation hosted on this website is automatically updated with each new release. The documentation entry contains metadata and additional information for each database.
• JSON-encoded exports can be retrieved using the [Metapsy API](https://docs.metapsy.org/r-packages/api/).
• The metapsyTools R package provides helper functions that allow to conveniently run state-of-the-art meta-analyses using MetaCIH data, or data prepared in the same format.
• The released databases can also be analyzed using a user-friendly meta-analysis tool. The application provides a graphical user interface that allows running meta-analyses of the data online.